Are stone protocol computed tomography scans mandatory for children with suspected urinary calculi?

Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 662-666

  Johnson, Emilie K ^a   Faerber, Gary J ^a   Roberts, William W ^a   Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^a   Park, John M ^a   Bloom, David A ^a   Wan, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MANDATORY PROGRAM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONCONTRAST ENHANCED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 80052315447     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.02.062     Document Type: Article

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