Routine use of modified CT Enterography in patients with acute abdominal pain

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-392

  Gourtsoyianni, Sofia ^a   Zamboni, Giulia A ^b   Romero, Janneth Y ^c   Raptopoulos, Vassilios D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b G B ROSSI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute abdominal pain; CT Enterography; Split bolus

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ORGANS; ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN; CT ENTEROGRAPHY; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; GI TRACTS; NON-INVASIVE; OPACIFICATION; ORAL CONTRASTS; ORGAN PATHOLOGIES; SMALL BOWELS; SPLIT BOLUS;

BARIUM;

BARIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTESTINE DISTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62849117710     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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