Advanced ultrasonic diagnosis of extremity trauma: The FASTER examination

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-32

  Dulchavsky, Scott A ^a   Henry, Scott E ^a   Moed, Berton R ^a   Diebel, Lawrence N ^a   Marshburn, Thomas ^b   Hamilton, Douglas R ^c   Logan, James ^b   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^d   Williams, David R ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fracture; Soft tissue injury; Space medicine; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANAMNESIS; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEG INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; ORTHOPEDICS; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; TIME; TRANSDUCER; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMUR; FIBULA; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOOT; FOREARM; HAND; LIMB INJURY; LUNG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TENDON; THORAX INJURY; TIBIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRAINING; TRAUMATOLOGY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ARM INJURIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MICHIGAN; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TRIAGE;

EID: 0036337148     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200207000-00006     Document Type: Article

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