Extending the Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma Examination in Children

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-17

  Friedman, Lana M ^a   Tsung, James W ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergencies; FAST examination; Pediatrics; Point of care technology; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG FRACTURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG ECHOGRAPHY; ORGAN INJURY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PELVIS ECHOGRAPHY; PNEUMOTHORAX; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX INJURY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 79952457964     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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