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Point‐of‐care ultrasonography for diagnosing thoracoabdominal injuries in patients with blunt trauma

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Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Diagnostic test accuracy). The objectives are as follows:

To determine the diagnostic accuracy of point‐of‐care (POC) ultrasonography (US) in the detection and exclusion of:

  1. free fluid in the thoracic or abdominal cavities;

  2. organ injuries with or without bleeding in the thoracic or abdominal cavities;

  3. vascular lesions of the thoracic or abdominal aorta, or other major vessels; and

  4. other injuries (e.g. pneumothorax);

compared to any objective diagnostic reference standard (i.e. computed tomograph (CT; 'pan‐scan'), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), thoracotomy, laparotomy, laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, autopsy, or any combination of these).