Comparison of Imaging Strategies with Conditional versus Immediate Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography in Patients with Clinical Suspicion of Acute Appendicitis

European Radiology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2445-2452

  Atema, J J ^a   Gans, S L ^a   Van Randen, A ^a   Lameris W ^a,b   van Es, H W ^c   van Heesewijk, J P M ^c   van Ramshorst, B ^c   Bouma, W H ^d   ten Hove, W ^d   van Keulen, E M ^e   Dijkgraaf, M G W ^a   Bossuyt, P M M ^a   Stoker, J ^a   Boermeester, M A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^e TERGOOI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Diagnostic Imaging; Predictive Value of Tests; Tomography, X Ray Computed; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIVERTICULITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OVARY DISEASE; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; ACUTE DISEASE; APPENDICITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROCEDURES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDICITIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937633201     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3648-9     Document Type: Article

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