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Archivos de Medicina de Urgencia de México

2012, Number 2

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Arch Med Urg Mex 2012; 4 (2)

Traumatic hemobilia diagnosed by emergency ultrasound. A case repor and literature review

Moscarella R, Cardozo A, Karakitsos D

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 78-80
PDF size: 61.52 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Focused assessed sonography on trauma (FAST) is a standardized ultrasound examination protocol performed by emergency care physicians and intensivists in the diagnostic evaluation of trauma victims. FAST can enable the prompt identification of hemoperitoneum and/or other post-traumatic injuries. We present a patient who was admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) following a traffic road accident with hemobilia diagnosis by emergency ultrasound.


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