Multi-Detector Row Spiral CT (MDCT) in Bowel Related non-Traumatic Abdominal Emergencies

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-324

  Bolog, Nicolae ^a   Popiel, Alexandru ^a   Oancea, Irinel ^a   Mangrǎu, Angelica ^a   Beuran, Mircea ^a   Nicolau, Eugen ^a  

^a Floreasca Emergency Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

Abdominal emergencies; Appendicitis; Diverticulitis; Intestinal ischemia; MDCT; Obstruction; Perforation

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; IODINE;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTI DETECTOR ROW SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 1642553625     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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