Identification and topographic localization of metallic foreign bodies by metal detector

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1245-1248

  Muensterer, Oliver J ^a   Joppich, Ingolf ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

foreign object; ingestion; localization; Metal detector

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWALLOWING; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINES; MALE; METALS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH;

EID: 3843071973     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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