Ultrasonographic diagnosis of abdominal free fluid: Accuracy comparison of emergency physicians and radiologists

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-13

  Tajoddini, S ^a   Shams Vahdati, S ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blunt abdominal injury; Emergency medicine; FAST; Focused assessment with sonography for trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874065720     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-012-0219-5     Document Type: Article

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