A quick review of FAST
January 24th, 2010 at 6:39 pm by NickThanks to Alan for his look at the utility of FAST exams, incorporating a pioneering study of FAST as well as some more recent work. The three papers he picked are below:
- Rozycki et al. Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound for the Assessment of Truncal Injuries: Lessons Learned From 1540 Patients Ann Surg. 1998;228(4):557-67.
- Miller et al. Not so Fast J Trauma. 2003;54:52–60.
- Schnuriger et al. The accuracy of FAST in relation to grade of solid organ injuries: A retrospective analysis of 226 trauma patients with liver or splenic lesion. BMC Medical Imaging 2009, 9:3.
For a review of these papers, and some resources for FAST, see below!
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