False-negative FAST examination: Associations with injury characteristics and patient outcomes

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 326-334

  Laselle, Brooks T ^a,b   Byyny, Richard L ^b,c   Haukoos, Jason S ^b,c,d   Krzyzaniak, Sara M ^b   Brooks, Jessica ^b   Dalton, Thomas R ^c,e   Gravitz, Craig S ^b   Kendall, John L ^b,c  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^e HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOCUSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY IN TRAUMA; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLEEN INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865452195     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.01.023     Document Type: Article

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