Abdominal Computed Tomography Utilization and 30-day Revisitation in Emergency Department Patients Presenting with Abdominal Pain

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 803-810

  Patterson, Brian W ^a   Venkatesh, Arjun K ^b   Alkhawam, Lora ^c   Pang, Peter S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRIAGE;

EID: 84937024455     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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