Novel ultrasonographic imaging technique in cat and dog intensive care patients: A-FAST(3)

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ŞEN Y., BAŞER M. İ., Kurt B. K., BUMİN A.

ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI, vol.68, no.3, pp.311-320, 2021 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 68 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.33988/auvfd.909936
  • Journal Name: ANKARA UNIVERSITESI VETERINER FAKULTESI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Veterinary Science Database, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.311-320
  • Keywords: A-Fast, diagnostic imaging, emergency protocols, ultrasound, SURGEON-PERFORMED ULTRASOUND, THORACIC FOCUSED ASSESSMENT, ABDOMINAL FLUID, EMERGENCY-ROOM, TRAUMA, SONOGRAPHY, HEMOPERITONEUM, PROTOCOL
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) and Veterinary point-of-care ultrasonography (FOCUS) are fast ultrasonographic diagnostic tools developed to discover pathologies in trauma patients in veterinary medicine and direct veterinarians to accurate treatment plans. Aside from detection, scoring and treatment protocol establishment in traumatic and non-traumatic hemoabdomen cases, AFAST (abdominal FAST) sonography is used effectively to define anaphylaxis, pericardial effusions and cardiac tamponade and pleural effusion symptoms. This technique when implemented every 4 hours for 3 to 5 minutes assists in identification of patient prognosis and treatment protocols through focused imaging.