AIUM practice guideline for the performance of the focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) examination

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2047-2056

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ABDOMINAL INJURY; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INJURIES; INJURY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOLOGY; STANDARDS; THORAX INJURY; TRAUMATOLOGY; TRUNK; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; BACK INJURIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOLOGY; THORACIC INJURIES; TORSO; TRAUMATOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928230030     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.33.11.2047     Document Type: Article

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