FAST scanning in the developing world emergency department

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-108

  Smith, Zoë A ^a   Postma, Naas ^a   Wood, Darryl ^a  

^a Ngwelezane Hospital Emergency Department   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STAB WOUND; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 75849144696     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.3821     Document Type: Article

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