CT of the acute (emergency) abdomen

European Radiology, Supplement

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Federle, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Bowel obstruction; Computed tomography; Diverticulitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 30744432122     PISSN: 16133749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10406-005-0123-8     Document Type: Article

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