Ultrasound evaluation of acute abdominal emergencies in infants and children

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 445-456

  Vasavada, Pauravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLOROMYOTOMY; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; STOMACH SECRETION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; PYLORIC STENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 2342530996     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2004.01.003     Document Type: Review

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