Renal emphysema in diabetic patients: CT evaluation

Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 221-226

  Tsitouridis, Ioannis ^a   Michaelides, Michael ^a   Sidiropoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Arvanity, Mary ^a  

^a PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Diabetes mellitus; Emphysema; Kidney

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ELECTROLYTE; INSULIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY INFECTION; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RENAL EMPHYSEMA; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; PYELITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957237471     PISSN: 13053825     EISSN: 13053612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.2130-08.1     Document Type: Article

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