Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST); Focused Multiorgan Bedside Ultrasound

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Indications

routinely used in the evaluation of trauma patients
useful in patients with nontraumatic hypotension
use in the emergency department for children with blunt abdominal trauma doesn't seem to improve clinical care or lower costs^[2]

↑ Journal Watch. May 7, 2013 kpenig KL Massachusetts Medical Society http://www.jwatch.org
Volpicelli G et al. Point-of-care multiorgan ultrasonography for the evaluation of undifferentiated hypotension in the emergency department. Intensive Care Med 2013 Apr 13 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23584471 <Internet> http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00134-013-2919-7
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Holmes JF, Kelley KM, Wootton-Gorges SL Effect of Abdominal Ultrasound on Clinical Care, Outcomes, and Resource Use Among Children With Blunt Torso Trauma. A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017;317(22):2290-2296 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28609532 <Internet> http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2631528
Kessler DO Abdominal Ultrasound for Pediatric Blunt Trauma. FAST Is Not Always Better. JAMA. 2017;317(22):2283-2285 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28609517 <Internet> http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2631512