Suspected appendicitis in children: Rectal and intravenous contrast-enhanced versus intravenous contrast-enhanced CT

Radiology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 520-526

  Kharbanda, Anupam B ^a,b   Taylor, George A ^a   Bachur, Richard G ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL; MEGLUMINE IOTALAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ANIMALS; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247487331     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2432060181     Document Type: Article

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