Observational studySaudi medical journal2018
Diagnostic accuracy of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma for blunt abdominal trauma in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia.
Observational study in Saudi medical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma for Assessment of Injury in Military Settings: A Meta-analysisBalkan medical journal · 2019Pooled it
- Point-of-care ultrasonography for diagnosing thoracoabdominal injuries in patients with blunt trauma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Diagnostic accuracy of focused assessment with sonography in trauma for blunt abdominal injury: A prospective observational study.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- Outcomes of Traumatic Liver Injuries at a Level-One Tertiary Trauma Center in Saudi Arabia: A 10-Year Experience.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Accuracy of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) in Blunt Abdominal Trauma.Emergency medicine international · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine the diagnostic accuracy of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) in blunt abdominal trauma caused by motor vehicle accidents at our Hospital in Dhahran city.
methodsThis descriptive, observational study was conducted in the Radiology Department at King Fahad Military Medical Complex Dhahran, Saudi Arabia between September 2016 and September 2017. All adult patients (n=105) involved in motor vehicle accidents with blunt abdominal injury on presentation were retrospectively reviewed for FAST and CT scans for detection of free fluid. Focused assessment with sonography for trauma studies were conducted or supervised by senior registrar of general surgery (trauma team leader). Computed tomography findings were reviewed by 2 experienced radiologists. High and low-grade solid abdominal visceral (liver, spleen, kidney) injuries were identified on CT scans. Focused assessment with sonography for trauma and CT scan findings were identified as 'positive' and 'negative' for presence and absence of free fluid respectively. Outcomes of FAST were presented on a 2x2 contingency table.
resultsSensitivity of FAST in detecting intraperitoneal free fluid was calculated as 76.1% (95% confidence interval [CI], 64.14-85.69%), specificity 84.2% (95% CI, 68.75-93.98%) and accuracy 79% (95% CI, 70.01-86.38%). Focused assessment with sonography for trauma detected free fluid in most cases of high-grade solid visceral injuries. Nearly half of true-negative cases were having low grade visceral or other injuries.
conclusionFocused assessment with sonography for trauma is an important tool in initial assessment of suspected blunt abdominal injury patients with high sensitivity and specificity. A negative FAST does not exclude low grade solid visceral or other injuries.
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