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Focused abdominal sonography for trauma in the emergency department for blunt abdominal trauma
BACKGROUND Blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) is a diagnostic challenge to the emergency physician (EP). The introduction of bedside ultrasound provides another diagnostic tool for the EP to detect intra-abdominal injuries. AIMS To evaluate the performance of EP in a local emergency department in Hong Kong to perform the 'focused abdominal sonography for trauma' (FAST) in BAT patients. METHODS Th...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Korean Medical Association
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1975-8456
DOI: 10.5124/jkma.2007.50.8.711