PMID- 15521440
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050201
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0003-1488 (Print)
IS  - 0003-1488 (Linking)
VI  - 225
IP  - 8
DP  - 2004 Oct 15
TI  - Evaluation of a focused assessment with sonography for trauma protocol to detect 
      free abdominal fluid in dogs involved in motor vehicle accidents.
PG  - 1198-204
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To establish a focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) 
      protocol in dogs, determine whether FAST can be performed by veterinary 
      clinicians without extensive ultrasonographic experience, and assess the 
      frequency of free fluid (as determined via FAST) in the abdominal cavity of dogs 
      following motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). DESIGN: Prospective study. ANIMALS: 100 
      client-owned dogs evaluated within 24 hours of an MVA. PROCEDURE: Dogs were 
      placed in lateral recumbency for the FAST examination. To detect fluid in the 
      abdomen, 2 ultrasonographic views (transverse and longitudinal) were obtained at 
      each of 4 sites (just caudal to the xiphoid process, on the midline over the 
      urinary bladder, and at the left and right flank regions). RESULTS: In the 100 
      dogs evaluated via FAST, free abdominal fluid was detected in 45 dogs. In 40 of 
      those 45 dogs, abdominocentesis was performed; hemoperitoneum and uroperitoneum 
      were diagnosed in 38 and 2 dogs, respectively. Compared with dogs that had no 
      free abdominal fluid detected via FAST, dogs that had free abdominal fluid 
      detected via FAST had significantly higher heart rates and serum lactate 
      concentrations and significantly lower PCVs and total solid concentrations. 
      CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Results indicate that FAST is a simple and 
      rapid technique that can be performed on dogs in an emergency setting to detect 
      intra-abdominal free fluid and can be performed by veterinary clinicians with 
      minimal previous ultrasonographic experience.
FAU - Boysen, Soren R
AU  - Boysen SR
AD  - Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, 
      North Grafton, MA 01536, USA.
FAU - Rozanski, Elizabeth A
AU  - Rozanski EA
FAU - Tidwell, Amy S
AU  - Tidwell AS
FAU - Holm, Jen L
AU  - Holm JL
FAU - Shaw, Scott P
AU  - Shaw SP
FAU - Rush, John E
AU  - Rush JE
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - J Am Vet Med Assoc
JT  - Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
JID - 7503067
SB  - IM
MH  - Abdominal Injuries/diagnostic imaging/*veterinary
MH  - *Accidents, Traffic
MH  - Animals
MH  - Dog Diseases/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Dogs
MH  - Female
MH  - Hemoperitoneum/diagnostic imaging/veterinary
MH  - Injury Severity Score
MH  - Male
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Trauma Centers
MH  - Ultrasonography/methods/*veterinary
MH  - Wounds and Injuries/diagnostic imaging/*veterinary
MH  - Wounds, Nonpenetrating/diagnostic imaging/veterinary
EDAT- 2004/11/04 09:00
MHDA- 2005/02/03 09:00
CRDT- 2004/11/04 09:00
PHST- 2004/11/04 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/02/03 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/11/04 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1198 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2004 Oct 15;225(8):1198-204. doi: 
      10.2460/javma.2004.225.1198.