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14574655

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
The multiple-view focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) exam is an integral tool in the assessment of blunt abdominal trauma. A prospective observational study was performed to compute the average minimum volume of detectable intraperitoneal fluid with the pelvic views of the FAST exam. All adult patients from October 1999 to May 2001, who presented to the ED with blunt abdominal trauma and underwent a clinically indicated diagnostic peritoneal lavage (DPL), were candidates for admission to the pelvic ultrasound study. In the supine position, patients were administered lavage fluid in 100 cc increments until the examiner detected the fluid on ultrasound. An independent reviewer also examined the hard-copy ultrasound images for fluid detection. Patients were excluded if they had (1) a positive DPL for hemoperitoneum (defined as 10 cc of gross blood or >100,000 red blood cells/mL), (2) a positive initial ultrasound for free fluid, or (3) lacked sufficient hard-copy ultrasound images. The mean minimal volume of fluid needed for pelvic ultrasound detection by the examiner and reviewer was 157 and 129 cc (n = 7), respectively. The median quantity of fluid for ultrasound detection by both the examiner and reviewer was 100 cc. The pelvic views of the FAST exam identified a significantly smaller quantity of intraperitoneal fluid than previous studies of the right upper quadrant single-view exam.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0735-6757
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
476-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Sensitivity in detecting free intraperitoneal fluid with the pelvic views of the FAST exam.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Emergency Medicine, State University of New York, 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.