Focused assessment with sonography for trauma: current perspectives

Focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) is a part of resuscitation of trauma patients recommended by international panel consensus. The purpose of FAST is to identify free fluid, which necessarily means blood in acute trauma patients. In this article, the authors focused on various aspe...

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Autores principales: Savatmongkorngul, Sorravit, Wongwaisayawan, Sirote, Kaewlai, Rathachai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5536884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794661
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OAEM.S120145
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description Focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) is a part of resuscitation of trauma patients recommended by international panel consensus. The purpose of FAST is to identify free fluid, which necessarily means blood in acute trauma patients. In this article, the authors focused on various aspects of FAST in the emergency department, prehospital care, pediatric setting, training and general pearls/pitfalls. Detailed techniques and interpretation of FAST are beyond the scope of this article.
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spelling pubmed-55368842017-08-09 Focused assessment with sonography for trauma: current perspectives Savatmongkorngul, Sorravit Wongwaisayawan, Sirote Kaewlai, Rathachai Open Access Emerg Med Review Focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) is a part of resuscitation of trauma patients recommended by international panel consensus. The purpose of FAST is to identify free fluid, which necessarily means blood in acute trauma patients. In this article, the authors focused on various aspects of FAST in the emergency department, prehospital care, pediatric setting, training and general pearls/pitfalls. Detailed techniques and interpretation of FAST are beyond the scope of this article. Dove Medical Press 2017-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5536884/ /pubmed/28794661 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OAEM.S120145 Text en © 2017 Savatmongkorngul et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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