Society guideline links: General management of pediatric fractures

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Upper extremity, thoracic, and facial fractures in children" and "Society guideline links: Lower extremity fractures in children".)

United States

●Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST): Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in open fractures, update (2011)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on fractures (complex) – Assessment and management (2016, updated 2022)

●NICE: Medical technologies guidance on EXOGEN ultrasound bone healing system for long bone fractures with non-union or delayed healing (2013, updated 2019)

●NICE: Guideline on fractures (non-complex): assessment and management (2016)