Acute Pancreatitis: Computed Tomography Utilization and Radiation Exposure Are Related to Severity but Not Patient Age

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-308

  Morgan, Desiree E ^a   Ragheb, Caroline M ^c   Lockhart, Mark E ^a   Cary, Barrett ^a   Fineberg, Naomi S ^b   Berland, Lincoln L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging Utilization; Pancreatic Inflammation; Tertiary Care

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODINE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349106646     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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