Is the KUB radiograph redundant for investigating acute ureteric colic in the non-contrast enhanced computed tomography era?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1131-1135

  Kennish, S J ^a   Bhatnagar, P ^a   Wah, T M ^a   Bush, S ^a   Irving, H C ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL DISEASES; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 50649096156     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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