Utility of repeated abdominal CT scans after prior negative CT scans in patients presenting to ER with nontraumatic abdominal pain

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1074-1083

  Nojkov, Borko ^a   Duffy, Michael C ^a   Cappell, Mitchell S ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal CT; Abdominal imaging; Abdominal pain; Abdominal ultrasound; Cost containment; Emergency room; Non traumatic abdominal pain; Radiation exposure; Triage

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84876687397     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2473-0     Document Type: Article

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