Nonfocused enhanced CT evaluation of acute appendicitis increases length of stay in the emergency department but does not increase perforation rate

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 488-492

  Riesenman, Paul J ^a   Riesenman, Kathryn P ^a   Stone, Taylor J ^a   Beidler, Stephanie K ^a   Douillet, Christelle D ^a   Rich, Preston B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATRIZOATE; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONFOCUSED ENHANCED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44449119944     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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