The accuracy of focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) in blunt trauma patients: Experience of an Australian major trauma service

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-75

  Hsu, Jeremy M ^a   Joseph, Anthony P ^a   Tarlinton, Lisa J ^a   Macken, Lewis ^a   Blome, Steven ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency; FAST; Free fluid; Haemoperitoneum; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA; GOLD STANDARD; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33845702567     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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