Association Between a Positive ED FAST Examination and Therapeutic Laparotomy in Normotensive Blunt Trauma Patients

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-271

  Moylan, Mark ^a   Newgard, Craig D ^a   Ma, O John ^b   Sabbaj, Alfredo ^a   Rogers, Tracy ^b   Douglass, Rachelle ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blunt trauma; focused laparotomy; hypotension; mass casualty; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PELVIS INJURY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 35448931040     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.030     Document Type: Article

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