Emergency computed tomography of the acute abdomen. Why? When and how to do it?

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-139

  Regent, D ^a   Tortuyaux, J M ^a   Bresler, L ^a   Chapuis, F ^a   Deneuville, M ^a   Beot, S ^a   Boccaccini, H ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROSCOPY; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029810213     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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