Validation of emergency physician ultrasound in diagnosing hydronephrosis in ureteric colic

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 188-195

  Watkins, Stuart ^a   Bowra, Justin ^a   Sharma, Praneal ^b   Holdgate, Anna ^a   Giles, Alan ^a   Campbell, Lewis ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Emergency physician; Hydronephrosis; Renal colic; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLIC; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; URETER DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COLIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 34250304745     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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