Beyond focused assessment with sonography for trauma: Ultrasound creep in the trauma resuscitation area and beyond

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 606-612

  Matsushima, Kazuhide ^a   Frankel, Heidi L ^b  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac function; central venous catheter placement; extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma; focused assessment with sonography for trauma; trauma; ultrasound; volume status

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY FOR TRAUMA; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EXAMINATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX;

CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; RESUSCITATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 81155148299     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32834be582     Document Type: Article

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