Use of abdominopelvic computed tomography in emergency departments and rates of urgent diagnoses in crohn's disease

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-57

  Kerner, Caroline ^a   Carey, Kathleen ^a   Mills, Angela M ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Synnestvedt, Marie B ^a   Hilton, Susan ^a   Weiner, Mark G ^a   Lewis, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal Imaging; Hospital Admission; Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPELVIC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROHN DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83855162720     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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