Abdominal 64-MDCT for suspected appendicitis: The use of oral and IV contrast material versus IV contrast material only

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1282-1288

  Anderson, Stephan W ^a   Soto, Jorge A ^a   Lucey, Brian C ^a   Ozonoff, Al ^a,b   Jordan, Jacqueline D ^a   Ratevosian, Jirair ^a   Ulrich, Andrew S ^a   Rathlev, Niels K ^a   Mitchell, Patricia M ^a   Rebholz, Casey ^a   Feldman, James A ^a   Rhea, James T ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Contrast media; CT; Diverticulitis; Emergency medicine; MDCT

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; IOVERSOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIVERTICULITIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 70449481346     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2336     Document Type: Article

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