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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0735-6757 1532-8171 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.06.042 |