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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 10.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2014 Apr;76(4):1020–1023. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000131

Table 4. Signs or Symptoms Leading to the Diagnosis via Imaging or Intervention.

Clinical Indicator Total (n = 285) Intervention for Abdominal Injury (n = 80)
Vital signs 47 32
Unevaluable 52 9
Abdominal examination 130 26
Other examination 25 0
FAST+ (hemodynamically normal) 25 13
Distracting injury 4 0
Mechanism 2 0

The majority of patients had an abnormal physical examination finding, which prompted the diagnosis in both groups. Patients included in the FAST+ group all demonstrated at least one quadrant with free fluid on the FAST examination but had normal vitals.