2D or 3D TEEin penetrating cardiac injury No NO

[KMATTOX at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/6/2007 8:14:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
rfsmithmd at comcast.net writes:

3. With  appropriate mechanism, and a positive finding on FAST, what  clinical
findings are you going to wait to  see?




A patient with symptoms that matches the positive image seen on the  FAST.    
It is ludicrous to operate on a patient that does  not need an operation, put 
a stent graft in a patient without a vascular lesion,  etc.  
 
VOMIT.    Treat and OPERATE on a patient NOT an  image.   The image test is 
just a something to aid in  diagnosis.    
 
k 



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