Emergency focussed assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) and haemodynamic stability

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 273-277

  Smith, Zoë A ^a   Wood, Darryl ^a  

^a Ngwelezana Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; FOCUSSED ASSESSMENT WITH SONOGRAPHY IN TRAUMA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK; ABDOMINAL INJURY; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; SOUTH AFRICA; THORAX INJURY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; SOUTH AFRICA; THORACIC INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896094155     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-202268     Document Type: Article

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