From the Departments of Surgery (P.B.M., T.H., K.M., A.W.K.), Critical Care Medicine (A.W.K.), and Regional Trauma Program (C.G.B., A.W.K.), Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; University of Aberdeen (I.C.), Aberdeen, Scotland; Northside Hospital Forsyth (M.B.), Cumming, Georgia; University of Pennsylvania (N.P.), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York Methodist Hospital (L.M.), New York, New York; Institute of Clinical Physiology (L.G.), National Research Council, Pisa, Italy; and World International Network Focused on Critical Ultrasound Secretariat (C.G.), Bologna, Italy.
Submitted for publication June 30, 2011.
Accepted for publication August 15, 2011.
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Presented at the 2011 Trauma Association of Canada Annual Scientific Meeting, April 8, 2011, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
The Sonosite Corporation donated a NanoMaxx ultrasound unit for unrestricted research use.
Address for reprints: Andrew W. Kirkpatrick, MD, FACS, Regional Trauma Services, EG 23 Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 2T9; email: [email protected].
