Upper abdominal ultrasound in general practice: Indications, diagnostic yield and consequences for patient management

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 507-511

  Speets, Anouk M ^a   Hoes, Arno W ^a   van der Graaf, Yolanda ^a   Kalmijn, Sandra ^a   de Wit, Niek J ^a   Montauban van Swijndregt, Alexander D ^b   Gratama, Jan Willem C ^c   Rutten, Matthieu J C M ^d   Mali, Willem P Th M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^d JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal ultrasound; General practice; Patient care management

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ABDOMEN; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748797127     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cml027     Document Type: Article

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