Imaging of Abdominal Pain in Pregnancy

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 149-171

  Katz, Douglas S ^a   Klein, Michele A I ^a   Ganson, George ^a   Hines, John J ^b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance; Pregnancy; Radiation exposure; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; MATERNAL CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PELVIS INJURY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UROLITHIASIS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 81455132451     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2011.08.001     Document Type: Review

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