Evaluation of abdominal ultrasound performed by the gastroenterologist in the office

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 405-409

  Grubel, Peter ^a  

^a Borland Groover Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal pain; abnormal liver function test; Gastroenterologist; office; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANOREXIA; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CHILD; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER INJURY; LIVER POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS CYST; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS; PARACENTESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; ULTRASOUND; URETER STONE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMBULATORY CARE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS' OFFICES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79955025431     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181eeb472     Document Type: Article

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