Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma: Methods, Accuracy, and Indications

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-207

  Patel, Nirav Y ^a   Riherd, Jody M ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal trauma; Cardiac tamponade; Focused assessment with sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ACCREDITATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650293071     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2010.10.008     Document Type: Review

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