Resident interpretation of emergency CT scans in the evaluation of acute appendicitis

Academic Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 915-918

  Albano, Maria Candida ^a   Ross, Guy W ^a   Ditchek, Jordan J ^a   Duke, Gavin L ^a   Teeger, Susan ^a   Sostman, H Dirk ^a   Flomenbaum, Neal ^a   Seifert, Carole ^a   Brill, Paula W ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Appendix, CT; Education

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0034824001     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80772-9     Document Type: Article

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