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Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma

David Barounis, MD , Elise Hart, MD
    • Recent studies indicate that the focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) examination has a more limited sensitivity for intra-abdominal injury than was initially reported
    • Validated assessments of FAST examiner skill are being developed to assess user competence and control for the factor of operator dependence
    • The extended FAST (E-FAST) examination is a reliable method for rapidly diagnosing pneumothorax and hemothorax at the bedside
    • Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography is an area of active research that uses a nonnephrotoxic contrast agent to improve ultrasonographic evaluation of solid-organ injuries 

Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma

    • Recent studies indicate that the focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) examination has a more limited sensitivity for intra-abdominal injury than was initially reported
    • Validated assessments of FAST examiner skill are being developed to assess user competence and control for the factor of operator dependence
    • The extended FAST (E-FAST) examination is a reliable method for rapidly diagnosing pneumothorax and hemothorax at the bedside
    • Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography is an area of active research that uses a nonnephrotoxic contrast agent to improve ultrasonographic evaluation of solid-organ injuries 

Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma

    • Recent studies indicate that the focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) examination has a more limited sensitivity for intra-abdominal injury than was initially reported
    • Validated assessments of FAST examiner skill are being developed to assess user competence and control for the factor of operator dependence
    • The extended FAST (E-FAST) examination is a reliable method for rapidly diagnosing pneumothorax and hemothorax at the bedside
    • Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography is an area of active research that uses a nonnephrotoxic contrast agent to improve ultrasonographic evaluation of solid-organ injuries 

Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma

    • Recent studies indicate that the focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) examination has a more limited sensitivity for intra-abdominal injury than was initially reported
    • Validated assessments of FAST examiner skill are being developed to assess user competence and control for the factor of operator dependence
    • The extended FAST (E-FAST) examination is a reliable method for rapidly diagnosing pneumothorax and hemothorax at the bedside
    • Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography is an area of active research that uses a nonnephrotoxic contrast agent to improve ultrasonographic evaluation of solid-organ injuries 

Brain Failure and Brain Death

    • Improved understanding of altered levels of consciousness, particularly delirium
    • Criteria to define when death occurs
    • Optimization of potential organ donors

Brain Failure and Brain Death

    • Improved understanding of altered levels of consciousness, particularly delirium
    • Criteria to define when death occurs
    • Optimization of potential organ donors

Brain Failure and Brain Death

    • Improved understanding of altered levels of consciousness, particularly delirium
    • Criteria to define when death occurs
    • Optimization of potential organ donors

Brain Failure and Brain Death

    • Improved understanding of altered levels of consciousness, particularly delirium
    • Criteria to define when death occurs
    • Optimization of potential organ donors
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