Ultrasound in trauma

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-362

  Rippey, James C R ^a,b   Royse, Alistair G ^c,d  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

blunt trauma; EFAST; FAST; free fluid; haemopericardium; haemoperitoneum; major trauma; penetrating trauma; sonography; trauma; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUID; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INJURY; NERVE BLOCK; ORGAN INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 69849103776     PISSN: 15216896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2009.02.011     Document Type: Review

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