The role of plain radiographs in patients with acute abdominal pain at the ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Van Randen, Adrienne ^a   Laméris, Wytze ^a   Luitse, Jan S K ^a   Gorzeman, Michiel ^b   Hesselink, Erik J ^c   Dolmans, Dennis E J G J ^d   Peringa, Jan ^e   Van Geloven, Anna A W ^f   Bossuyt, Patrick M ^a   Stoker, Jaap ^a   Boermeester, Marja A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^f Tergooi Hospitals   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Bowel obstruction; Plain radiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959410357     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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