{
  "abstract": "The Ottawa foot and ankle rules, widely known as the Ottawa ankle rules, are a clinical decision tool developed in 1992 to improve care for patients with foot and ankle trauma. The rules are intended to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure from diagnostic imaging for patients and to reduce emergency department wait times and healthcare costs. During 30 years of validation and implementation studies, the Ottawa ankle rules have been shown to have sensitivity approaching 100%1 for assessing ankle and foot trauma, and to reduce use of radiography by up to 30%.23 However, utilisation of the rules remains low across the world, including in Canada where they were first developed.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Emergency Medicine, University Health Network, Canada",
        "Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto"
      ],
      "name": "Tahara D Bhate"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto"
      ],
      "name": "Varunaavee Sivashanmugathas"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Emergency Department, San Fernando General Hospital, Trinidad and Tobago",
        "Department of Emergency Medicine, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago"
      ],
      "name": "Saleem Varachhia"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Emergency Medicine, University Health Network, Canada",
        "University Health Network, Canada",
        "Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto"
      ],
      "name": "Lucas B Chartier"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Reducing unnecessary imaging in ankle and foot trauma",
  "uid": "de975a45-c999-50e2-af8b-d40b9e2d3c67"
}