Question 58 · LEK · Multi-organ trauma
The standard diagnostic procedure in a patient with multiorgan trauma should include:
- A. diagnostic puncture of the pleural cavity.
- B. diagnostic puncture of the pericardium.
- C. diagnostic puncture of the peritoneal cavity.
- D. diagnostic puncture of the subarachnoid space.
- E. ultrasound imaging with FAST method.
Hint
Choose the bedside, non-invasive and repeatable test that looks for free fluid in several body cavities at once.
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