Evidence-based emergency medicine/systematic review abstract. Does this patient have a torn meniscus or ligament of the knee?

SYSTEMATIC REVIEW SOURCE This is a rational clinical examination abstract, a regular feature of the Annals’ Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine (EBEM) series. Each features an abstract of a rational clinical examination review from the Journal of the American Medical Association and a commentary by an emergency physician knowledgeable in the subject area. The source for this rational clinical examination review abstract is: Solomon DH, Simel SL, Bates DW, et al. The rational clinical examination: does this patient have a torn meniscus or ligament of the knee? Value of the physical examination. JAMA. 2001;286:1610-1620. The Annals’ EBEM editors assisted in the preparation of the abstract of this rational clinical examination review, as well as selection of the Evidence-Based Medicine Teaching Points.