Test characteristics of the 3-view abdominal radiograph series in the diagnosis of intussusception

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 785-789

  Roskind, Cindy Ganis ^a,b   Ruzal Shapiro, Carrie B ^a   Dowd, Erin K ^b   Dayan, Peter S ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Intussusception; Radiography; Test characteristics

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON, ASCENDING; COLONIC DISEASES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRONE POSITION; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 36348967104     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31815a0013     Document Type: Article

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