Use of eFAST in Patients with Injury to the Thorax or Abdomen

To the Editor: Canelli and colleagues (March 10 issue) 1 provide an excellent video illustration of the use of eFAST (extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma) for the evaluation of traumatic thoracic or abdominal injury. The authors recommend sagittal scanning with the use of a curvil...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 386; no. 20; pp. 1963 - 1964
Main Authors Keng, Li-Ta, Yang, Han-Ching, Canelli, Robert, Leo, Megan, Ortega, Rafael
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 19.05.2022
Subjects
Abdomen
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Intensive care
Pneumothorax
Scanning
Thorax
Trauma
Ultrasonic imaging
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Summary:To the Editor: Canelli and colleagues (March 10 issue) 1 provide an excellent video illustration of the use of eFAST (extended focused assessment with sonography for trauma) for the evaluation of traumatic thoracic or abdominal injury. The authors recommend sagittal scanning with the use of a curvilinear transducer for anterior thoracic views for pneumothorax detection, as illustrated in the video. The major advantage of sagittal scanning is confident recognition of the pleural line on the lung surface, which lies between adjacent ribs (and because of its winglike formation is known as the bat sign). 2 But sagittal scanning may limit the exposure . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc2204554