Patient encounter time intervals in the evaluation of emergency department patients requiring abdominopelvic CT: Oral contrast versus no contrast

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 310-313

  Huynh, Ly N ^a   Coughlin, Bret F ^a   Wolfe, Jeannette ^a   Blank, Fidela ^a   Lee, Steve Y ^a   Smithline, Howard A ^a  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Contrast media; Emergency service, hospital; Health resources; Tomography, spiral computed

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PATIENT SELECTION; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4344677879     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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