Role of Doppler ultrasonography in the triage of acute scrotum in the emergency department

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-21

  Yagil, Yael ^a   Naroditsky, Inna ^a   Milhem, Jumana ^b   Leiba, Ronit ^a   Leiderman, Maxim ^a   Badaan, Shadie ^a   Gaitini, Diana ^a,b  

^a Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Emergency; Hematoma; Malignancy; Testis; Torsion

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; HOSPITALS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TORSIONAL STRESS; TUMORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; HEMATOMA; MALIGNANCY; TESTIS;

DIAGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; ISRAEL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCROTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTIS DISEASE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCROTUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TRIAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149194497     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.1.11     Document Type: Article

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