A prospective study assessing the efficacy of abdominal computed tomography scan without bowel preparation in diagnosing intestinal wall and luminal lesions in patients presenting to the emergency room with abdominal complaints

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1981-1986

  Mizrahi, Michal ^a   Mintz, Yoav ^a   Rivkind, Avraham ^a   Kisselgoff, David ^a   Libson, Eugene ^a   Brezis, Mayer ^a   Goldin, Eran ^a   Shibolet, Oren ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal computed tomography; Emergency room; Intestinal lesions

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; INTESTINE WALL; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 17144402589     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i13.1981     Document Type: Article

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