Accuracy of reduced-dose computed tomography for ureteral stones in emergency department patients

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-198.e2

  Moore, Christopher L ^a   Daniels, Brock ^a   Ghita, Monica ^a   Gunabushanam, Gowthaman ^a   Luty, Seth ^a   Molinaro, Annette M ^b   Singh, Dinesh ^a   Gross, Cary P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETER STONE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URETER;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETER; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 84925285122     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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