Gastrointestinal Disorders in Elderly Patients

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 755-771

  Reginelli, A ^a   Pezzullo, M G ^a   Scaglione, M ^b   Scialpi, M ^c   Brunese, L ^d   Grassi, R ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Clinica Pineta Grande   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Elderly; Gastrointestinal; Pelvic floor; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGITALIS; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DEFECOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; ENTEROCELE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HERNIA; HUMAN; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; MANOMETRY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE; PELVIS FLOOR; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTOCELE; RECTUM PROLAPSE; RECTUM RESECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULTRASOUND; UTERUS PROLAPSE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; PELVIC FLOOR; RECTAL PROLAPSE; RECTOCELE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 52049104036     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2008.04.013     Document Type: Review

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