Open AccessInstitutional and Individual Learning Curves for Focused Abdominal Ultrasound for Trauma
Author(s) -
Freda D McCarter,
Fred A. Luchette,
Mark P. Molloy,
James Willard Hurst,
Kenneth Davis,
Jay A. Johannigman,
Scott B. Frame,
Josef E. Fischer
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200005000-00009
Subject(s) - medicine , focused assessment with sonography for trauma , trauma center , cusum , abdominal trauma , blunt , blunt trauma , ultrasound , surgery , radiology , retrospective cohort study , operations management , economics
To evaluate both institutional and individual learning curves with focused abdominal ultrasound for trauma (FAST) by analyzing the incidence of diagnostic inaccuracies as a function of examiner experience for a group of trauma surgeons performing the study in the setting of an urban level I trauma center.