The efficacy of urinalysis, plain films, and spiral CT in ED patients with suspected renal colic

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-154

  Eray, Oktay ^b   Çubuk, Metin S ^a   Oktay, Cem ^a   Yilmaz, Saim ^a   Çete, Yildiray ^a   Ersoy, F Fevzi ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diagnosis of stone; Helical tomography; Plain film; Renal colic; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0344839045     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2003.50027     Document Type: Article

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