CT protocols for acute appendicitis: Time for change

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1268-1271

  Paulson, Erik K ^a   Coursey, Courtney A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Contrast media; CT technique; Emergency radiology; IV contrast material; Oral contrast material; Radiation dose

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; APPENDICITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449503669     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3313     Document Type: Note

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