Computed tomography with intravenous contrast alone: The role of intra-abdominal fat on the ability to visualize the normal appendix in children

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 795-800

  Garcia, Madelyn ^a   Taylor, George ^b   Babcock, Lynn ^c   Dillman, Jonathan R ^d   Iqbal, Vaseem ^e   Quijano, Carla V ^f   Wootton Gorges, Sandra L ^g   Adelgais, Kathleen ^h   Anupindi, Sudha A ⁱ   Sonavane, Sushil ^j   Joshi, Aparna ^k   Veeramani, Murugusundaram ^l   Atabaki, Shireen M ^m   Monroe, David J ⁿ   Blumberg, Stephen J ^o   Ruzal Shapiro, Carrie ^p   Cook, Lawrence J ^h   Dayan, Peter S ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^j ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^l HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^p Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDIX; CECUM; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84882370620     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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