Bennett W Calder, Adam M Vogel, Jingwen Zhang, Patrick D Mauldin, Eunice Y Huang, Kate B Savoie, Matthew T Santore, KuoJen Tsao, Tiffany G Ostovar-Kermani, Richard A Falcone, M Sidney Dassinger, John Recicar, Jeffrey H Haynes, Martin L Blakely, Robert T Russell, Bindi J Naik-Mathuria, Shawn D St Peter, David P Mooney, Chinwendu Onwubiko, Jeffrey S Upperman, Jessica A Zagory, Christian J Streck
INTRODUCTION: 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). METHODS: We prospectively enrolled children younger than 16 years after BAT at 14 Level I pediatric trauma centers over a 1-year period. Patients who underwent FAST were compared with those that did not, using descriptive statistics and univariate analysis; p value less than 0...
August 2017: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery