Usefulness of initial diagnostic tests carried out in the emergency department for blunt trauma
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Performance of abdominal ultrasonography in blunt trauma patients with out-of-hospital or emergency department hypotension.
STUDY OBJECTIVES We determine the test performance of abdominal ultrasonography for detecting hemoperitoneum in blunt trauma patients with out-of-hospital or emergency department (ED) hypotension. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of all blunt trauma patients hospitalized at a Level I trauma center. Patients were included if they were older than 6 years and had out-of-hospital or ED hyp...
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15 صفحه اولFocused 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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BACKGROUND Enrolling children in research studies in the emergency department (ED) is typically dependent on the presence of a guardian to provide written informed consent. OBJECTIVES The objectives were to determine the rate of guardian availability during the initial ED evaluation of children with nontrivial blunt head trauma, to identify the reasons why a guardian is unavailable, and to co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acute Medicine & Surgery
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2052-8817
DOI: 10.1002/ams2.20