Methodological questions regarding focused assessment sonography for trauma comparison with computed tomography in dogs 

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Methodological questions regarding focused assessment sonography for trauma comparison with computed tomography in dogs4. Lisciandro GR. Evaluation of initial and serial combination focused assessment with sonography for trauma (CFAST) examination of the thorax (TFAST) and abdomen (AFAST) with the application of an abdominal fluid scoring system in 49 traumatized cats. Abstract. J Vet Emerg Crit Care. 2012;22:S11. 5. Lisciandro GR. Abdominal and thoracic focused assessment with sonography for trauma, triage and monitoring in small animals. J Vet Emerg Crit Care. 2011;21:104-122. J Vet Emerg Crit Care. 2019;00:211-213. wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/vec 211 212 The Author's Reply Dear Editor,We thank Dr. Lisciandro and Dr. Mann for their letter and for the opportunity to discuss our peer-reviewed prospective study further.We acknowledge that given the clinical nature of the paper, there were some limitations in the methodology. In order to address each of these, we provided an in-depth and thorough discussion on the limitations and how each of these factors may have affected our results.