Focused assessment with sonography for trauma
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focused-assessment-with-sonography-for-trauma-258-16442360
title:
Focused assessment with sonography for trauma
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Focused assessment with sonography in trauma is a rapid bedside ultrasound examination performed by surgeons, emergency physicians, and paramedics as a screening test for blood around the heart or abdominal organs (hemoperitoneum) after trauma. There is also the extended FAST (eFAST) which includes some additional ultrasound views to assess for pneumothorax. The four classic areas that are examined for free fluid are the perihepatic space, perisplenic space, pericardium, and the pelvis. With thi
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Fluid accumulation screening
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focused_assessment_with_sonography_for_trauma
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2024-04-20T06:06:19Z
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