Psoas abscess: Making an early diagnosis in the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-88

  Chern, Chii Hwa ^a,b   Sheng Chuan, H U ^a   Kao, Wei Fong ^a   Tsai, Jeffrey ^a   Yen, David ^a   Lee, Chen Hsen ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

computed tomography; Psoas abscess; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSOAS ABSCESS;

EID: 12644271854     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(97)90057-7     Document Type: Article

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