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| Year : 2018 | Volume
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Prehospital Ultrasound in Trauma: A Review of Current and Potential Future Clinical Applications
Tharwat El Zahran1, Mazen J El Sayed2
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Mazen J El Sayed
Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, PO Box 11-0236, Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut
Lebanon
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DOI: 10.4103/JETS.JETS_117_17
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Ultrasound (US) is an essential tool for evaluating trauma patients in the hospital setting. Many previous in-hospital studies have been extrapolated to out of hospital setting to improve diagnostic accuracy in prehospital and austere environments. This review article presents the role of prehospital US in blunt and penetrating trauma management with emphasis on its current clinical applications, challenges, and future implications of such use.
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