ReviewEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2016
From FAST to E-FAST: an overview of the evolution of ultrasound-based traumatic injury assessment.
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Application of Point-of-care Ultrasound in Rapid Assessment of Cardiac Arrest Patients
Who cites it
57 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Arterial angioembolisation versus pre-peritoneal pelvic packing in haemodynamically unstable patients with complex pelvic fractures: a meta-analysis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Pooled it
- Prehospital ultrasound scanning for abdominal free fluid detection in trauma patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Pooled it
- The potential of point-of-care diagnostics to optimise prehospital trauma triage: a systematic review of literature.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2023Pooled it
- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in pediatric blunt abdominal trauma: a systematic review.Journal of ultrasound · 2022Pooled it
- Prehospital FAST reduces time to admission and operative treatment: a prospective, randomized, multicenter trial.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022Trial
- Outcomes of three different ways to train medical students as ultrasound tutors.BMC medical education · 2019Trial
- Point-of-care ultrasonography in High-Care Internal Medicine.Journal of ultrasound · 2026Review
- Estimating Blood Volume Loss With Wireless, Wearable Ultrasound: A Pilot Investigation.Military medicine · 2026Article
- Trauma Surgeons' Impactful Last Half Century.World journal of surgery · 2026Review
- Documentation of Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (eFAST) Is Frequently Incomplete: A Prospective Observational Study.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2026Observational
- Inter-Rater Agreement Between a Trained Nurse and Physicians in FAST Examination of Trauma Patients: A Pilot Study in the Emergency Department.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Fast, accurate, and cost-effective: E-FAST's breakthrough in optimizing thoracic trauma management.Turkish journal of surgery · 2026Article
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Blunt Chest Trauma: Diagnostic Performance and Clinical Relevance.Cureus · 2026Review
- Mobile triage units for abdominal trauma in sub-Saharan Africa: current evidence, implementation barriers, and strategies for scale-up.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Review
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- Early acquisition of E-FAST ultrasound skills in medical students: an observational study comparing portable and conventional devices.BMC medical education · 2025Observational
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- Efficacy of Portable Ultrasonography for Early Detection of Pneumothorax Following Lung Biopsy.Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases · 2025Article
- Development and Validation of an Ultrasound Imaging Algorithm for Structured Reporting in Testicular Pathology.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Diagnostic performance of prehospital EFAST in predicting CT scan injuries in severe trauma patients: a multicenter cohort study.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Article
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Abstract
Ultrasound is a ubiquitous and versatile diagnostic tool. In the setting of acute injury, ultrasound enhances the basic trauma evaluation, influences bedside decision-making, and helps determine whether or not an unstable patient requires emergent procedural intervention. Consequently, continued education of surgeons and other acute care practitioners in performing focused emergency ultrasound is of great importance. This article provides a synopsis of focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) and the extended FAST (E-FAST) that incorporates basic thoracic injury assessment. The authors also review key pitfalls, limitations, controversies, and advances related to FAST, E-FAST, and ultrasound education.
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