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The Use of Ultrasound for Dogs and Cats in the Emergency Room: AFAST and TFAST

  • Title: The Use of Ultrasound for Dogs and Cats in the Emergency Room: AFAST and TFAST
  • Description:
    Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice, Volume 43, Issue 4, July 2013, Pages 773-797.
    Authors:  Søren R. Boysen, Gregory R. Lisciandro
  • Category: Radiology

  • Abstract / Overview:
    • Introduction to focused assessment with sonography for trauma
    • AFAST for blunt trauma: detection of free fluid
    • AFAST for blunt trauma: determining the cause of injury
    • AFAST for penetrating trauma
    • AFAST and AFS scanning technique
    • AFAST beyond blunt abdominal trauma-induced injury
    • TFAST for blunt and penetrating trauma: detection of free air and free fluid
    • Performing the TFAST3 examination: now a five-point scan
    • Patient preparation and positioning for TFAST3 and Vet Blue
    • The diagnosis of PTX: the TFAST3 CTS
    • Using the lung point for the degree of PTX: partial versus massive
    • The diagnosis of lung contusions
    • The diagnosis of chest wall pathology: the step sign
    • The diagnosis of pleural and pericardial effusion
    • The diagnosis of cardiac tamponade
    • The Vet Blue lung scan
    • The use of Vet Blue and lung ultrasound: principles and assumptions
    • The use of regionally based Vet Blue findings: diagnosing and monitoring lung conditions
    • The future of small animal lung ultrasound
    • The use of TFAST3 and Vet Blue: cardiovascular assessment
    • The use of global FAST3: monitoring hospitalized, critically ill patients, and at-risk patients
    • Templates for medical records and terminology
    • Summary
    • References