Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: Delays in diagnosis and overutilization of imaging modalities

American Surgeon

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-76

  Abbas, Abbas E ^a   Weiss, Stephen M ^a   Alvear, Domingo T ^a  

^a Pinnacle Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PALPATION; PYLORIC STENOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 0032943891     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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