Emergency Doppler evaluation of the liver and kidneys

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 397-415

  McNamara, Michelle M ^a   Lockhart, Mark E ^a   Robbin, Michelle L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALSE ANEURYSM; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RENOGRAPHY; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EMERGENCIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 2342525160     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2003.12.001     Document Type: Review

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