The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
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J Trauma Acute Care Surg · Aug 2017
Multicenter Study Comparative StudyFocused assessment with sonography for trauma in children after blunt abdominal trauma: A multi-institutional analysis.
The utility of focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) in children is poorly defined with considerable practice variation. Our purpose was to investigate the role of FAST for intra-abdominal injury (IAI) and IAI requiring acute intervention (IAI-I) in children after blunt abdominal trauma (BAT). ⋯ Prognostic and epidemiologic study, level II; diagnostic tests or criteria study, level II; therapeutic/care management study, level III.