Anechoic stripe size influences accuracy of FAST examination interpretation

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 248-253

  Ma, O John ^a,c   Gaddis, Gary ^b,c  

^a TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoperitoneum; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISPLAY SYSTEM; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ASCITES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33644513473     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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