Clinical Pearls for the Extended Focused Assessment With Sonography for Trauma Examination

Pneumothorax diagnosis by extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma.

To the Editor:The study by Brook et al1 of traumatic pneumothorax detection by extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (eFAST) used a diagnostic criterion of absence of both lung slide and comet tail signs. The resultant sensitivity of 47%, whereas substantially better than the 16% of plain chest radiography, was reasonably concluded to be “insufficient for ruling out small pneum...

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

The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) is a multidisciplinary association dedicated to advancing the safe and effective use of ultrasound in medicine through professional and public education, research, development of guidelines, and accreditation. To promote this mission, the AIUM is pleased to publish, in conjunction with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), t...

the extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (efast) in blunt trauma patients: a cross sectional study

introduction trauma is the most common cause of death in youngsters. early detection of internal bleeding via imaging in trauma patients is important. the fast-extended method and the extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma (efast) evaluates hemothorax and pneumothorax in addition to abdominopelvic bleedings and tamponade. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, after...

The Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma, (FAST) procedure

How fast is the focused assessment with sonography for trauma examination learning curve?

OBJECTIVE Although accuracy for focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) examination interpretation has been widely reported, the learning curve for FAST interpretation by emergency medicine (EM) residents who are novice to ultrasound has not been well described. The present study's objective was to analyse EM resident FAST interpretation accuracy over 18 months. METHODS Prospecti...