Evaluation of suspected renal colic with noncontrast CT in the emergency department: A single institution study

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2441-2445

  Cullen, Ivor M ^a   Cafferty, Fergus ^a   Oon, Sheng F ^a   Manecksha, Rustom ^a   Shields, Darragh ^a   Grainger, Ron ^a   McDermott, T E D ^a   Plunkett, Patrick ^a   Meaney, Jim ^a   Lynch, Thomas H ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSCOPY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STONE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD VESSELS; COLIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 57349177750     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0120     Document Type: Article

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