Focused abdominal sonography for trauma in the emergency department for blunt abdominal trauma
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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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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1865-1372,1865-1380
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-008-0050-2