Do we really need plain and soft-tissue radiographies to detect radiolucent foreign bodies in the ED?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 763-768

  Turkcuer, Ibrahim ^a   Atilla, Ridvan ^a   Topacoglu, Hakan ^a   Yanturali, Sedat ^a   Kiyan, Selahattin ^a   Kabakci, Neslihan ^a   Bozkurt, Seyran ^a   Cevik, Arif Alper ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RUBBER;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOREIGN BODY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WOOD;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FOREIGN BODIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THIGH; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750630756     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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