Improving the Role of CT in Diagnosing Perforated Appendicitis. Can Appendiceal Air Help?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1173-1174

  Dachman, Abraham H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICEAL AIR; APPENDIX DISEASE; APPENDIX PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EDITORIAL; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LAW SUIT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AIR; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

EID: 84865795255     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: 18784046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2012.07.004     Document Type: Editorial

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