A systematic review of whether oral contrast is necessary for the computed tomography diagnosis of appendicitis in adults

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 474-478

  Anderson, Brock A ^a   Salem, Leon ^a   Flum, David R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Computed tomography; Contrast media; Sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

APPENDICITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23744460101     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2005.03.037     Document Type: Article

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