To determine the accuracy of focused assessment with sonography for trauma done by nonradiologists and its comparative analysis with radiologists in emergency department of a level 1 trauma center of India

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-46

  Bhoi, Sanjeev ^a   Sinha, Tej P ^a   Ramchandani, Radhakrishnan ^a   Kurrey, Lalit ^a   Galwankar, Sagar ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

FAST; Nonradiologists; Radiologist; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873598710     PISSN: 09742700     EISSN: 0974519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.106324     Document Type: Article

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