Can noncontrast helical computed tomography replace intravenous urography for evaluation of patients with acute urinary tract colic?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 299-303

  Chen, Michael Y M ^a   Zagoria, Ronald J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), helical; Emergency; Kidney, calculi; Kidney, CT scan; Nephrolithiasis; Ureter, calculi; Ureter, CT scan; Urography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URETER STONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COLIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI; UROGRAPHY; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0033104412     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(98)00166-8     Document Type: Article

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