Focused assessment with Sonography in Nontraumatized Dogs and Cats

The focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) is a well-recognized sonographic protocol originally developed to evaluate human trauma patients.1 –3 The procedure has more recently been modified to assess veterinary trauma patients; the protocols have specifically been named abdominal- and thoracic- FAST (AFAST and TFAST).4–7 The main objective of this prospective study was to use AFAST and TFAST protocols to determine the prevalence of e ffusions in non-traumatized emergency room (ER) canine and feline patients.
Source: Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery - Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Tags: Guest Editorial Source Type: research