Abdominal pain: General imaging strategies

European Radiology, Supplement

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Hayes, Roisin ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Appendicitis; CT; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FUROSEMIDE; GADOLINIUM; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INDIUM; LIDOFENIN TC 99M; MANNITOL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TC 99M; PENTAGASTRIN; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROHN DISEASE; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILEUM DISEASE; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LYMPHANGIOMA; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OVARY CYST; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH DISEASE; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; VOMITING; ACUTE ABDOMEN; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 17844411449     PISSN: 16133749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-003-2078-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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