Prospective comparison of helical CT of the abdomen and pelvis without and with oral contrast in assessing acute abdominal pain in adult Emergency Department patients

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 150-157

  Lee, Steve Y ^a   Coughlin, Bret ^a   Wolfe, Jeannette M ^a   Polino, Joseph ^a   Blank, Fidela S ^a   Smithline, Howard A ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; CT; Emergency; Oral contrast; Technique

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIVERTICULOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOTHALAMATE MEGLUMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33744772007     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0474-z     Document Type: Article

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