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Purpose
Hemoperitoneum in the hypotensive trauma patient is an indication for emergent laparotomy. Focused assessment sonography in trauma (FAST) is a widely used tool for detecting hemoperitoneum. The usefulness of FAST is currently limited by low sensitivity. We hypothesize rolling patients onto their right side will pool small volumes of fluid into the right upper quadrant of the abdomen leading...
Background
Many clinicians believe that a patient's body mass index (BMI) affects the likelihood of obtaining high quality ultrasound images.
Objectives
To assess the hypothesis that increased BMI is associated with worsening focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) image quality.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective single‐center study of FAST examinations performed in a large academic...
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