Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) Exam: Image Acquisition

DOI :

10.3791/65066-v

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September 22nd, 2023

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John D. Ritchie¹, Charles N. Trujillo², David L. Convissar³, William Shihao Lao⁴, Sean Montgomery⁵, Yuriy S. Bronshteyn⁶

¹Trauma, Acute, and Critical Care Surgery, Duke University Hospital, ²Mount Sinai Medical Center, ³Department of Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, ⁴Acute Care Surgery, Atrium Health, ⁵Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, ⁶Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University Health System, Durham Veterans Health Administration

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The Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) exam is a diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound examination used to screen for the presence of free fluid in the pericardium and peritoneum. Indications, techniques, and pitfalls of the procedure are discussed in this article.

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