Bedside ultrasound and the assessment of renal colic: A review

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-8

  Dalziel, Peregrine James ^a   Noble, Vicki Elizabeth ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVIEW; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; NEPHROLITHIASIS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RENAL COLIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84872346225     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201375     Document Type: Review

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