The role of US examination in the management of acute abdomen

Critical Ultrasound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Mazzei, Maria Antonietta ^a   Guerrini, Susanna ^a   Squitieri, Nevada Cioffi ^a   Cagini, Lucio ^b   Macarini, Luca ^c   Coppolino, Francesco ^d   Giganti, Melchiore ^e   Volterrani, Luca ^a  

^a Department of Human Pathology and Oncology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADENOMESENTERITIS; AORTA DISSECTION; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; MESENTERITIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OVARY TORSION; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84884278974     PISSN: 20363176     EISSN: 20367902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2036-7902-5-S1-S6     Document Type: Article

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