Ultrasonographic and computed tomography findings in renal suppurations: Performance indicators and risks for diagnostic failure

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-397

  Stojadinovic M ^a   Micic S ^c   Milovanovic D ^b  

^a Clinic of Urology and Nephrology   (Serbia)

^b Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

^c Institute of Urology and Nephrology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diagnostic accuracy; Incorrect diagnosis; Renal abscess; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY ABSCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYONEPHROSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERBIA; SUPPURATION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPURATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 46449116817     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000132697     Document Type: Article

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