Is unenhanced CT sufficient for evaluation of acute abdominal pain?

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 405-407

  Basak, Sandip ^a,b   Nazarian, Levon N ^a   Wechsler, Richard J ^a   Parker, Laurence ^a   Williams, Brian D ^a   Lev Toaff, Anna S ^a   Kurtz, Alfred B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen, acute; Abdominal pain; Computed tomography, helical; Contrast media; Radiography, abdominal

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036844727     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(02)00535-1     Document Type: Article

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