Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma and Abdominal Computed Tomography Utilization in Adult Trauma Patients: Trends over the Last Decade

Objective. We sought to describe the trend in abdominal CT use in adult trauma patients after a point-of-care emergency ultrasound program was introduced. We hypothesized that abdominal CT use would decrease as FAST use increased. Methods. We performed a retrospective study of 19940 consecutive trau...

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Autores principales: Sheng, Alexander Y., Dalziel, Peregrine, Liteplo, Andrew S., Fagenholz, Peter, Noble, Vicki E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3773453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24073336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/678380

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3773453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24073336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/678380

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