Use of focused abdominal sonography for trauma at pediatric and adult trauma centers: a survey

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1746-1749

  Scaife, Eric R ^a   Fenton, Stephen J ^b   Hansen, Kris W ^a   Metzger, Ryan R ^a  

^a PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

FAST; Pediatric; Survey; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRAUMA CENTERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69549128186     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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