The use of pre-operative computed tomography in the assessment of the acute abdomen

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 102-107

  Weir McCall, J ^a   Shaw, A ^b   Arya, A ^b   Knight, A ^c   Howlett, D C ^d  

^a NHS TAYSIDE   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Acute; Evaluation studies; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84858211735     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588412X13171221501663     Document Type: Article

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