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Diagnostic accuracy of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma for blunt abdominal trauma in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia

Khawaja B. Waheed, Aftab A. Baig, Ahmed Raza, Muhammad Z. Ul Hassan, Mohamad A. A. Khattab and Usman Raza
Saudi Medical Journal June 2018, 39 (6) 598-602; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.6.22031
Khawaja B. Waheed
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Khattab, Raza), from the Surgery Department (Baig), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Emergency Medical Services Department (Raza), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, FCPS
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Aftab A. Baig
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Khattab, Raza), from the Surgery Department (Baig), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Emergency Medical Services Department (Raza), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed Raza
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Khattab, Raza), from the Surgery Department (Baig), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Emergency Medical Services Department (Raza), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Muhammad Z. Ul Hassan
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Khattab, Raza), from the Surgery Department (Baig), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Emergency Medical Services Department (Raza), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohamad A. A. Khattab
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Khattab, Raza), from the Surgery Department (Baig), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Emergency Medical Services Department (Raza), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Usman Raza
From the Radiology Department (Waheed, Ul Hassan, Khattab, Raza), from the Surgery Department (Baig), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Emergency Medical Services Department (Raza), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Medical Journal Jun 2018, 39 (6) 598-602; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2018.6.22031
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