Renal colic: Comparison of use and outcomes of unenhanced helical CT for emergency investigation in 1998 and 2002

Radiology

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 554-558

  Kirpalani, Anish ^a   Khalili, Korosh ^a   Lee, Shirley ^b   Haider, Masoom A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; COLIC; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 22544478735     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2362040887     Document Type: Article

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