Prospective comparison of unenhanced spiral computed tomography and intravenous urography in the evaluation of acute renal colic

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-36

  Wang, Jia Hwia ^a,b   Shen, Shu Huci ^a,b   Huang, Shan Su ^a,c   Chang, Cheng Yen ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Intravenous urography; Ureteral stone

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS CALCIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URETER STONE; ACUTE DISEASE; COLIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; KIDNEY DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; UROGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 41649093153     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70069-8     Document Type: Article

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