Ability of CT to alter decision making in elderly patients with acute abdominal pain

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 270-272

  Esses, David ^a,b   Birnbaum, Adrienne ^a   Bijur, Polly ^a   Shah, Sachin ^a   Gleyzer, Aleksandr ^a   Gallagher, E J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; aged; tomography; x ray computed

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; AGED; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 3142753715     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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