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Abstract
Rapid bedside ultrasound examination performed by medical personnel (surgeons, emergency physicians, paramedics and others), as a screening test for blood around the heart (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION) or abdominal organs (HEMOPERITONEUM) after trauma.
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- FAST Exam
- Focused Assessment Sonography
- Focused Assessment with Sonography of Trauma
- Assessment Sonographies, Focused
- Assessment Sonography, Focused
- Focused Assessment Sonographies
- Sonographies, Focused Assessment
- Sonography, Focused Assessment
- Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma
- Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma
- eFAST Exam
- Exam, eFAST
- eFAST Exams
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, drug effects, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, radiation effects, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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History Note
2019
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Previous Indexing
- Ultrasonography (1999-2018)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000077564. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000077564
- Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focused_assessment_with_sonography_for_trauma
- Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1435073