Focused abdominal sonography for trauma in the clinical evaluation of children with blunt abdominal trauma

Offir Ben-Ishay,Mai Daoud,Zvi Peled,Eran Brauner,Hany Bahouth,Yoram Kluger

Focused abdominal sonography for trauma in the clinical evaluation of children with blunt abdominal trauma

2015

Offir Ben-Ishay
Mai Daoud
Zvi Peled
Eran Brauner
Hany Bahouth
Yoram Kluger

Introduction In pediatric care, the role of focused abdominal sonography in trauma (FAST) remains ill defined. The objective of this study was to assess the sensitivity and specificity of FAST for detecting free peritoneal fluid in children.

Keywords:

Surgery
Radiology
Focused assessment with sonography for trauma
Abdominal trauma
Blunt
Pathology
Free fluid
Medicine
Peritoneal fluid
clinical evaluation
General surgery
pediatric care

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