Three-day regimen improves faecal tagging for minimal preparation CT examination of the colon

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 979, 2009, Pages 545-548

  Slater, Andrew ^a   Planner, A ^a   Bungay, H K ^a   Bose, P ^a   Milburn, S ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON LAVAGE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANK SUM TEST; RECTUM; SIGMOID;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLON, SIGMOID; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649744157     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/82959871     Document Type: Article

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