A Prospective Evaluation of Abdominal Ultrasound in Blunt Trauma
Published 1 June 1996
Mark A. Healey, Richard K. Simons, Robert J. Winchell, Barbara B. Gosink, Giovanna Casola, John T. Steele
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US provides a highly accurate, noninvasive method to evaluate the abdomen in the blunt trauma patient, and has supplanted the previously used methods at this institution.
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This study demonstrates that US can be obtained rapidly, integrated into the resuscitation, and completed quickly. US provides a highly accurate, noninvasive method to evaluate the abdomen in the blunt trauma patient, and has supplanted the previously used methods at this institution.
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