Therapeutic impact of CT of the appendix in a community hospital emergency department

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1102-1106

  Nathan, Robert O ^a,b   Blackmore, C Craig ^a,c   Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal imaging; Appendicitis; CT; Emergency radiology

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IOPAMIDOL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53249115568     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3466     Document Type: Article

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