Utility of the cardiac component of FAST in blunt trauma

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-16

  Press, Gregory M ^a   Miller, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

echocardiography; hemopericardium; pericardial fluid; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART RUPTURE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HEART RUPTURE; HUMANS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84872296064     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.03.027     Document Type: Article

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