Impact of computed tomography on patient's care in nontraumatic acute abdomen: 90 Patients;Contribution du scanner à la prise en charge des tableaux abdominaux aigus non traumatiques: Étude de 90 patients

Journal de Radiologie

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 559-566

  Foinant, M ^a   Lipiecka, E ^a   Buc, E ^b   Boire, J Y ^a   Schmidt, J ^a   Garcier, J M ^a   Pezet, D ^b   Boyer, L ^a  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cost effectivenss; Nontraumatic actute abdomen

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGEON; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34247604606     PISSN: 02210363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0221-0363(07)89855-6     Document Type: Article

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