TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Trauma A1 - Ma, O. John A1 - Mateer, James R. A1 - Kirkpatrick, Andrew W. A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Mateer, James R. A2 - Reardon, Robert F. A2 - Byars, Donald V. A2 - Knapp, Barry J. A2 - Laudenbach, Andrew P. PY - 2021 T2 - Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, 4e AB - Over the past 40 years, trauma surgeons in Europe and Japan have demonstrated the proficient use of ultrasonography in evaluating blunt trauma patients.1–9 During the 1990s, emergency physicians and trauma surgeons in North America prospectively evaluated the applications of ultrasonography in trauma and presented results comparable with those of other investigators worldwide.10–18 The use of point-of-care ultrasound has gained wide acceptance and is now considered integral in the training of emergency physicians. The acceptance of emergency thoracic and lung ultrasound in emergency departments around the world is also remarkable, and International Consensus has standardized nomenclature in these areas.19 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/11 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175885894 ER -