MAG3-F0 scintigraphy in decision making for emergency intervention in renal colic after helical CT positive for a urolith

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1813-1822

  Sfakianakis, G N ^a   Cohen, D J ^a   Braunstein, R H ^a   Leveillee, R J ^a   Lerner, I ^a   Bird, V G ^a   Sfakianakis, E ^a   Georgiou, M F ^a   Block, N L ^a   Lynne, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Helical CT; Kidneys, ureters, and bladder; Mercaptoacetyltriglycine; Obstruction; Postdecompression; Renal colic; Stone disease

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROLITHIASIS; COLIC; EMERGENCY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; COLIC; DIURETICS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MERTIATIDE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0033623566     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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