Complications of CT colonography: A Review

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1159-1165

  Pendse D A ^a,b   Taylor, S A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computed tomography colonography; CTC; Perforation; Pneumocolon

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SODIUM SULFATE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BALLOON CATHETER; BARIUM ENEMA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLURRED VISION; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY; DEHYDRATION; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION RISK; INGUINAL HERNIA; INTESTINE PREPARATION; ISRAEL; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT COMFORT; PERITONITIS; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; RECTAL CATHETER; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLONIC DISEASES; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PNEUMORADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84879503464     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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