Analysis of cost-effectiveness in the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin and the role of 18F-FDG PET-CT: A proposal of diagnostic algorithm;Análisis de costo-efectividad en el diagnóstico de fiebre de origen desconocido y el papel de la 18F-FDG PET-TC: Propuesta de algoritmo diagnóstico

Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 178-186

  Becerra Nakayo, E M ^a   Garcia Vicente A M ^a   Soriano Castrejon A M ^a   Mendoza Narvaez J A ^a   Talavera Rubio, M P ^a   Poblete Garcia V M ^a   Cordero Garcia J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CIUDAD REAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

18F FDG; Cost effectiveness; Fever of unknown origin; PET CT

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPAIN; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862985794     PISSN: 2253654X     EISSN: 22538070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2011.08.007     Document Type: Article

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