Injury
Volume 38, Issue 1 , Pages 71-75 , January 2007

The accuracy of focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) in blunt trauma patients: Experience of an Australian major trauma service

  • Jeremy M. Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia
    • ,
  • Anthony P. Joseph

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department and Trauma Service, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards 2065, NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 299267921; fax: +61 299068123.
    • ,
  • Lisa J. Tarlinton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia
    • ,
  • Lewis Macken

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia
    • ,
  • Steven Blome

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St. Leonards, NSW, Australia

,Accepted 6 March 2006.

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PII: S0020-1383(06)00130-6

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.03.004

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