ArticleEuropean radiology2010
Findings and limitations of focused ultrasound as a possible screening test in stable adult patients with blunt abdominal trauma: a Greek study.
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- The role of repeated extended FAST in patients with stable blunt thoracoabdominal trauma.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2023Article
- Clinical Applications of B-Flow Ultrasound: A Scoping Review of the Literature.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A porcine study of ultrasound-guided versus fluoroscopy-guided placement of endovascular balloons in the inferior vena cava (REBOVC) and the aorta (REBOA).Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2023Article
- Lessons learned from blunt trauma abdomen: Surgical experience in level I trauma centre.Turkish journal of surgery · 2021Article
- Focused assessment with sonography for trauma: current perspectives.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2017Review
- Diagnostic accuracy of emergency-performed focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) in blunt abdominal trauma.Electronic physician · 2016Article
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- Determinants of Successful Non-Operative Management of Intra- Peritoneal Bleeding Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2014Article
- Ultrasound surface probe as a screening method for evaluating the patients with blunt abdominal trauma.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2014Article
- Sonographic assessment of a suspected biloma: A case report and review of the literature.World journal of radiology · 2013Article
- [How should anesthesiologists perform ultrasound examinations? Diagnostic use of ultrasound in emergency and intensive care and medicine].Der Anaesthesist · 2011Review
- Emergency Focused Assessment with Sonography in Blunt Trauma Abdomen.International journal of applied & basic medical researchArticle
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Abstract
Our objective is to underline the place of FAST (focus assessment by sonography for trauma) ultrasonography (US) in the investigation of blunt abdominal trauma. We retrospectively examined the ultrasound findings in 1,999 haemodynamically stable adult patients. These people were admitted to the emergency room (ER) for possible blunt abdominal trauma. All were stable at admission and a FAST ultrasound examination was made. Initial findings were compared with the clinical course after at least 24 h of observation time and CT results. Among the 1,999 US examinations, abnormalities were found in 109 (5.5%) cases. Among them, 102 had free peritoneal fluid, and in 58 examinations, ruptures, lacerations or haematomas were demonstrated. Despite its limitations, such as in cases involving uncooperative patients, excessive bowel gas, obesity and empty bladder, the FAST technique seems to be an accurate method to evaluate the possibility of abdominal blunt trauma in stable patients. Because of the high negative predictive value of the FAST technique in stable patients with blunt abdominal trauma, we recommend that a stable patient with negative ultrasound results at admission remain under close observation for at least 12 or preferably 24 h before being discharged.
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