Physical examination combined with focused assessment with sonography for trauma examination to clear hemodynamically stable blunt abdominal trauma patients

[...]for most trauma centers, the standard practice is to follow a normal FAST examination with abdominal and pelvic CT imaging to exclude missed injuries, even in the clinically low-risk patient. [...]the use of such inclusion criteria could be beneficial in austere medical conditions, when advance...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2013-10, Vol.31 (10), p.1527-1528
Hauptverfasser: Byars, Donald, MD, Devine, Alicia, MD, Maples, Christopher, MD, Yeats, Alexander, MD, Greene, Krista, MD
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Zusammenfassung:[...]for most trauma centers, the standard practice is to follow a normal FAST examination with abdominal and pelvic CT imaging to exclude missed injuries, even in the clinically low-risk patient. [...]the use of such inclusion criteria could be beneficial in austere medical conditions, when advanced imaging is frequently unavailable in some third-world countries.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2013.06.042