Ultrasonography versus computed tomography for suspected nephrolithiasis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1100-1110

  Smith Bindman, R ^a   Aubin, C ^f   Bailitz, J ^g,h   Bengiamin, R N ^a   Camargo, C A ⁱ   Corbo, J ^j   Dean, A J ^k   Goldstein, R B ^a   Griffey, R T ^f   Jay, G D ^l   Kang, T L ^c   Kriesel, D R ^b   Ma, O J ^m   Mallin, M ^o   Manson, W ^p   Melnikow, J ^d   Miglioretti, D L ^e,n   Miller, S K ^q   Mills, L D ^e   Miner, J R ^r   Moghadassi, M ^a   Noble, V E ⁱ   Press, G M ^q   Stoller, M L ^a   Valencia, V E ^a   Wang, J ^j   Wang, R C ^a   Cummings, S R ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^h RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^l BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^p EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^r HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLITHIASIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907424808     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1404446     Document Type: Article

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