Use of and regional variation in initial CT imaging for kidney stones

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 909-915

  Tasian, Gregory E ^a,b   Pulido, Jose E ^b   Keren, Ron ^a   Dick, Andrew W ^c   Setodji, Claude M ^c   Hanley, Jan M ^c   Madison, Rodger ^c   Saigal, Christopher S ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Computed tomography; Nephrolithiasis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; INFANT; RADIOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908893178     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1694     Document Type: Article

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