Emergency physician-performed ultrasound to diagnose cholelithiasis: A systematic review

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 227-235

  Ross, Marshall ^a   Brown, Michael ^b   McLaughlin, Kyle ^a   Atkinson, Paul ^c,d   Thompson, Jenny ^a   Powelson, Susan ^a   Clark, Steve ^a,e   Lang, Eddy ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY PERFORMED ECHOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952729844     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01012.x     Document Type: Review

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