Should routine spiral computed tomography be performed in adult patients with acute abdominal pain of the right lower quadrant?

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 126-130

  Regimbeau, J M ^a   Panis, Yves ^a   Le P ^a   Soyer, P ^a   Kardache, M ^a   Rymer, R ^a   Valleur, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute pain of the right lower quadrant; Appendicitis; Spiral computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARDIZATION; ACUTE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0038728662     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-002-0447-y     Document Type: Article

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