Clinical outcomes of pediatric patients with acute abdominal pain and incidental findings of free intraperitoneal fluid on diagnostic imaging

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1547-1553

  Matz, Samantha ^a   Connell, Mary ^a   Sinha, Madhumita ^b   Goettl, Christopher S ^c   Patel, Palak C ^c   Drachman, David ^a  

^a MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Arizona Child Study Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Children; Free fluid; Imaging; Pain

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PEDIATRICS; SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; CHILDREN; DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; FREE FLUIDS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFLAMMATORY PROCESS; PAIN;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ABDOMEN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FREE FLUID; IMAGING; PAIN; STATISTICS;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ARIZONA; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ABDOMEN; CHILDREN; FREE FLUID; IMAGING; PAIN;

EID: 84883436634     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/ultra.32.9.1547     Document Type: Review

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