Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 259-266 , March 2001

Awareness and use of the ottawa ankle and knee rules in 5 countries: Can publication alone be enough to change practice?

Presented at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, Boston, MA, May 1999.

Received 30 November 1999 ,Revised 22 September 2000 ,Accepted 24 October 2000.

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☆ Supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada (MRC GR-13304), the Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine, the French Speaking Society of Emergency Medicine, and the Glaxo Company (Spain). Drs. Graham and O’Connor are Ontario Ministry of Health Career Scientists. Drs. Stiell and Laupacis are MRC Career Scientists.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Ian D. Graham, PhD, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Loeb Health Research Institute (C410) 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 4E9; 613-798-5555, ext 18273, fax 613-761-9452; E-mail igraham@lri.ca .

PII: S0196-0644(01)36642-8

doi: 10.1067/mem.2001.113506

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 259-266 , March 2001

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