The FAST Exam Can Reliably Identify Patients with Significant Intraabdominal Hemorrhage in Life Threatening Pelvic Fractures.
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DOI: 10.1097/ta.0000000000001838
Abstract: BACKGROUND The Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma (FAST) exam has been reported to be unreliable in pelvic fracture patients. Additionally, given the advent of new therapeutic interventions, such as Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the… read more here.
Keywords: pelvic fracture; hemorrhage; significant intraabdominal; intraabdominal hemorrhage ... See more keywords