Acute appendicitis: Prospective evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose CT to reduce the need of standard CT

European Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2558-2566

  Poletti, Pierre Alexandre ^a   Platon, Alexandra ^a   De Perrot, Thomas ^a   Sarasin, Francois ^a   Andereggen, Elisabeth ^a   Rutschmann, Olivier ^a   Dupuis Lozeron, Elise ^a   Perneger, Thomas ^a   Gervaz, Pascal ^a   Becker, Christoph D ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Computed tomography; Emergency medicine; Radiation dose; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ACCUPAQUE; IOHEXOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE EXAMINATION; LOW DOSE UNENHANCED COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; APPENDICITIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 83555173358     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2212-5     Document Type: Article

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