A prospective comparison of intestinal sonography and abdominal radiographs in a neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1453-1463

  Silva, Cicero T ^a,b   Daneman, Alan ^a   Navarro, Oscar M ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^a   Levine, Daniel ^a,c   Moore, Aideen M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas patterns; Intestine; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Neonate; Radiography; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINAL GAS PATTERN; INTESTINE FLUID; INTESTINE LOOP; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE RADIOGRAPHY; INTESTINE WALL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTESTINES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84886398195     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-013-2777-z     Document Type: Article

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