The role of emergency MRI in the setting of acute abdominal pain

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 615-624

  Ditkofsky, Noah G ^a   Singh, Ajay ^a   Avery, Laura ^a   Novelline, Robert A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute abdominal pain; Appendicitis; Cholecystitis; Choledocholithiasis; Crohn s disease; ED; Emergency; MRI; Nephrolithiasis; Obstructive uropathy; Ovarian torsion; Pancreatitis; SBO; Small bowel obstruction; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARY TORSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; UROLITHIASIS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; OVARIAN DISEASES; PANCREATITIS; PREGNANCY; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CROHN DISEASE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVARIAN DISEASES; PANCREATITIS; PREGNANCY; TORSION ABNORMALITY; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 84911955033     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-014-1232-2     Document Type: Article

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