pre hospital fast reply to K and ERF

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Right, CT does not miss this but FAST does and that was my point.  Sorry 
if it was not clear.

Andrew

> Andrew
>
> CT does not miss this - but it may also miss bowel > injury, that is 
what was meant here. The retroperitoneal > injuries either have other 
signs (e.g. hypotension if vascu> lar)or will be suspected on other 
tests (e.g. amilase, al> though not specific will prompt a search for a 
pancreas > injury or duodenal injury)\
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew J Bowman [mailto:sumieb at compuserve.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 4:07 PM
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> Subject: Re: pre hospital fast reply to K and ERF
>
>
> Don't forget retroperitoneal injury missed by FAST.
>
> Andrew Bowman
>
>
> bowel injury - the only thing FAST may "miss" (due to > minimal intial 
fluid)
> that CT may also miss.
>
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