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Table 3 FAST results in the 22 patients with an unfavorable outcome

From: Predictive value of a false-negative focused abdominal sonography for trauma (FAST) result in patients with confirmed traumatic abdominal injury

Unfavorable event description

False-negative FAST (No.)

True-positive FAST (No.)

Interventional radiologic procedure to treat abdominal hemorrhage

2

9

Interventional radiologic procedure to treat abdominal hemorrhage and eventually death due to abdominal injury

 

1

Laparotomy

2

5

Laparotomy and eventually death due to abdominal injury

 

1

Interventional radiologic procedure to treat abdominal hemorrhage, laparotomy, and eventually due to abdominal injury

 

1

Death due to abdominal injury

 

1

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