Integrating MR imaging into the clinical workup of pregnant patients suspected of having appendicitis is associated with a lower negative laparotomy rate: Single-institution study

Radiology

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-144

  Rapp, Elliot J ^a,c   Naim, Farah ^b   Kadivar, Khadijeh ^b   Davarpanah, Amir ^b   Cornfeld, Daniel ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT PAIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LAPAROTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875409074     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12121027     Document Type: Article

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