Diagnostic value of plain abdominal radiographs in patients with acute abdominal pain

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 246-251

  Prasannan, Subhita ^a   Zhueng, Tam Jenn ^a   Gul, Yunus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Abdominal radiograph; Acute

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 27744439029     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60354-7     Document Type: Article

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