Impact of routine contrast-enhanced CT on costs and use of hospital resources in patients with acute abdomen. Results of a randomised clinical trial

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2538-2545

  Lehtimäki, Tiina ^a   Juvonen, Petri ^a   Valtonen, Hannu ^b   Miettinen, Pekka ^a   Paajanen, Hannu ^a,b   Vanninen, Ritva ^a,b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Computed tomography; Emergency medicine; Length of stay; Treatment costs

Indexed keywords

IOBITRIDOL; IOHEXOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLITIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GALLSTONE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELECTIVE IMAGING PRACTICE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84882250485     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2848-4     Document Type: Article

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