RT Book, Section
A1 Ogata, Masaaki
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Mateer, James R.
A2 Reardon, Robert F.
A2 Joing, Scott A.
SR Print(0)
ID 57792120
T1 Chapter 11. General Surgery Applications
T2 Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, 3e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179215-8
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57792120
RD 2024/04/19
AB Over  the  past  three  decades,  abdominal  sonography  has  become  increasingly  utilized  as  a  diagnostic  tool  for  surveying  hepatobiliary,  vascular,  urologic,  or  GYN  disorders.  With  progress  in  the  resolution  of  scanning  devices,  it  has  also  been  used  for  the  evaluation  of  various  acute  GI  abnormalities.  In  the  emergency  setting,  the  focused  assessment  with  sonography  for  trauma  (FAST)  examination  has  been  widely  performed  by  growing  numbers  of  nonradiologist  physicians,  such  as  emergency  physicians  and  surgeons,  and  accepted  as  a  rapid  and  appropriate  screening  tool  for  trauma.  In  the  same  way,  bedside  abdominal  sonography  has  been  increasingly  utilized  for  surveying  the  acute  abdomen.  The  operator-dependent  nature  of  ultrasonography,  however,  may  limit  the  application  of  the  examination  in  the  emergency  or  acute  care  setting.  In  many  hospitals,  the  difficulty  in  providing  24-hour  ultrasonography  service  has  been  a  major  factor  in  preventing  ultrasound  from  becoming  a  primary  imaging  modality.  However,  it  is  quite  important  to  utilize  the  advantages  of  sonography  to  improve  patient  evaluation  in  the  emergency  or  acute  care  setting.