Evaluation of a focused assessment with sonography for trauma protocol to detect free abdominal fluid in dogs involved in motor vehicle accidents

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1198-1204

  Boysen, Søren R ^a,b   Rozanski, Elizabeth A ^a   Tidwell, Amy S ^a   Holm, Jen L ^a   Shaw, Scott P ^a   Rush, John E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA; HEMOPERITONEUM; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEAL FLUID LEVEL; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECUMBENCY; TACHYCARDIA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UROPERITONEUM; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HEMOPERITONEUM; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 5444228490     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1198     Document Type: Article

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