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EMERGENCY CARE JOURNAL
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 63-66Publisher
PAGEPRESS PUBL
DOI: 10.4081/ecj.2016.6057
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Cost-effectiveness; Ultrasound; Trauma; FAST exam
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The evaluation of the blunt trauma patient frequently includes the focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) exam. Additional point-of-care applications for ultrasound in blunt trauma patients are emerging. Ultrasound is a noninvasive diagnostic technique generally considered to be relatively inexpensive offering the potential for improved outcomes and lower costs. However, formal evaluation of ultrasound's effect on cost-effectiveness has occurred in a piecemeal fashion. The aim of this review is to evaluate the available evidence regarding whether ultrasound is cost-effective for evaluation of blunt trauma patients and what factors may affect its cost-effectiveness.
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