Use of diagnostic testing in the emergency department for patients presenting with non-traumatic abdominal pain

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-371

  Nagurney, J Tobias ^a,b   Brown, David F M ^a,b   Chang, Yuchiao ^a,b   Sane, Swati ^a,b   Wang, Andrew C ^c   Weiner, Justin B ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; CT scan; Decision making; Diagnostic testing; Technology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVIEW; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOMOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0344413033     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-4679(03)00237-3     Document Type: Article

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