Table 2. All E-FAST papers eligible for round three of the Delphi process, along with their votes in round two and votes and total score in round three. Top five papers are indicated in "final rank" column.
E-FAST: Extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma
| Paper | Round Two Votes for Top Five (No (%)) | Round Three Votes for Top Five (No (%)) | Round Three Total Score | Final Rank |
| Blaivas M et al. A prospective comparison of supine chest radiography and bedside ultrasound for the diagnosis of traumatic pneumothorax. Acad Emerg Med 2005;12(9):844-9 [23] | 8 (57%) | 10 (71%) | 38 | 1 |
| Lichtenstein DA, Menu Y. A bedside ultrasound sign ruling out pneumothorax in the critically ill. Lung sliding. Chest 1995;108(5):1345-8 [24] | 4 (29%) | 9 (64%) | 36 | 2 |
| Lichtenstein D et al. The "lung point": an ultrasound sign specific to pneumothorax. Intensive Care Med 2000;26(10):1434-40 [25] | 6 (43%) | 9 (64%) | 32 | 3 |
| Chan KK et al. Chest ultrasonography versus supine chest radiography for diagnosis of pneumothorax in trauma patients in the emergency department. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020;7(7):CD013031 [26] | 6 (43%) | 8 (57%) | 23 | 4 |
| Wilkerson RG, Stone MB. Sensitivity of bedside ultrasound and supine anteroposterior chest radiographs for the identification of pneumothorax after blunt trauma. Acad Emerg Med 2010;17(1):11-7 [27] | 3 (21%) | 5 (36%) | 14 | 5 |
| Akoglu H. Diagnostic accuracy of the Extended Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma (E-FAST) performed by emergency physicians compared to CT. Am J Emerg Med 2018;36(6):1014-1017 [28] | 5 (36%) | 4 (29%) | 13 | |
| Melniker LA et al. Randomized controlled clinical trial of point-of-care, limited ultrasonography for trauma in the emergency department: the first sonography outcomes assessment program trial. Ann Emerg Med 2006;48(3):227-35 [11] | 4 (29%) | 3 (21%) | 12 | |
| Stengel D et al. Point-of-care ultrasonography for diagnosing thoracoabdominal injuries in patients with blunt trauma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2018;12(12):CD012669 [15] | 4 (29%) | 6 (43%) | 12 | |
| Kirkpatrick AW et al. Hand-held thoracic sonography for detecting post-traumatic pneumothoraces: the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (EFAST). J Trauma 2004;57(2):288-95 [29] | 3 (21%) | 3 (21%) | 9 | |
| Netherton S et al. Diagnostic accuracy of eFAST in the trauma patient: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CJEM 2019;21(6):727-738 [17] | 3 (21%) | 3 (21%) | 7 | |
| Staub LJ. Chest ultrasonography for the emergency diagnosis of traumatic pneumothorax and haemothorax: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Injury 2018;49(3):457-466 [30] | 3 (21%) | 5 (36%) | 6 | |
| Atkinson P. The V-line: a sonographic aid for the confirmation of pleural fluid. Crit Ultrasound J 2012;4(1):19 [31] | 3 (21%) | 2 (14%) | 4 | |
| Helland G. Comparison of Four Views to Single-view Ultrasound Protocols to Identify Clinically Significant Pneumothorax. Acad Emerg Med 2016;23(10):1170-1175 [32] | 3 (21%) | 3 (21%) | 4 |