Utilization of FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) in 1999: Results of a survey of North American trauma centers

American Surgeon

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1049-1055

  Boulanger, B R ^a   Kearney, P A ^a   Brenneman, F D ^a   Tsuei, B ^a   Ochoa, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; THORACIC INJURIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0033762682     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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