Can contrast-enhanced ultrasound evaluate the severity of acute pancreatitis?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1578-1584

  Lu, Qiang ^a   Zhong, Yue ^a   Wen, Xiao Rong ^a   Huang, Zong Wen ^a   Fan, Yu Ting ^a   Xia, Qing ^a   Luo, Yan ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Contrast enhanced computed tomography; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Pancreatic necrosis

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL; IOPROMIDE; SONOVUE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EFFUSION; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MALE; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PERIPANCREATIC EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS;

EID: 79955626594     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-010-1460-6     Document Type: Article

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