The aid of “bedside ultrasonography” for the emergency surgeon: the experience of a single centre
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Introduction Abdominal blunt traumas are about 8-10% of all causes of death for trauma, with an incidence only slightly less than head trauma [1]; most of them are due to roads crashes. In polytraumatized patients, echographic examination with Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma is often the first approach that can give useful indications and informations for the therapeutic strategy [2].
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دوره 6 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014