Emergency Department time for evaluation of patients discharged with a diagnosis of renal colic: Unenhanced helical computed tomography versus intravenous urography

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 371-374

  Rekant, Evan M ^a   Gibert, Christopher L ^a   Counselman, Francis L ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intravenous pyelogram; Intravenous urography; Kidney stone; Nephrolithiasis; Renal colic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; COLIC; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0035205776     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(01)00376-6     Document Type: Article

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