Erratum: Unenhanced helical computed tomography vs intravenous urography in patients with acute flank pain: Accuracy and economic impact in a randomized prospective trial (European Radiology 10.1007/s00330-003-1937-1);Unenhanced helical computed tomography vs intravenous urography in patients with acute flank pain: Accuracy and economic impact in a randomized prospective trial

European Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2513-2520

  Pfister, S A ^a,b   Deckart, A ^a   Laschke, S ^a   Dellas, S ^a   Otto, U ^a   Buitrago, C ^a   Roth, J ^a   Wiesner, W ^a   Bongartz, G ^a   Gasser, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Medical Imaging Lucerne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute flank pain; Cost analysis; Helical computed tomography; Intravenous urography; Patient management analysis; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; IONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM; MEGLUMINE IOXITALAMATE PLUS SODIUM IOXITALAMATE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN ALLERGY; TIME MANAGEMENT; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 10744226702     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0689-8     Document Type: Erratum

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