Cost-effectiveness in diagnosing infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1604-1608

  Hulka, Frieda ^a   Campbell, John R ^a   Harrison, Marvin W ^a   Campbell, Timothy J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasonography; Cost effectiveness; Decision analysis; Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis; Upper gastrointestinal series

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030662178     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3468(97)90463-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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