Echo-enhanced ultrasonography: Is it the future gold standard of imaging in acute pancreatitis?

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 464-466

  Brocchi, Emilio ^a   Piscaglia, Fabio ^a   Bonora, Miriam ^a   Celli, Natascia ^a   Venturi, Annamaria ^a   Fantini, Lorenzo ^a   Tomassetti, Paola ^a   Corinaldesi, Roberto ^a   Pezzilli, Raffaele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Image enhancement; Pancreatitis, acute necrotizing; Tomography, spiral computer; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; PANCREAS ENZYME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AGED; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHO ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SAFETY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 27644527922     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Rickes S, Uhle C, Kahl S, Kolfenbach S, Moenkemueller K, Effenberger O, Malfertheiner P. Echo-enhanced ultrasound: a new valid initial imaging approach for severe acute pancreatitis. Gut 2005; July 20.