The accuracy of focused abdominal CT in patients presenting to the emergency department

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 209-215

  Latifi, Ali ^a,b   Torkzad, Omid ^c   Labruto, Fausto ^a,b   Ullberg, Ulla ^a,b   Torkzad, Michael R ^b,d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Akalla Medical Center   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Computed tomography (CT); Diagnosis; Physical examination; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 64249131872     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-008-0775-5     Document Type: Article

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