Does early ED CT scanning of afebrile patients with first episodes of acute pancreatitis ever change management?

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 239-243

  Dachs, Robert J ^a,b   Sullivan, Luke ^c   Shanmugathasan, Preshanthini ^a  

^a Ellis Hospital   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; CT scan; Pancreatitis; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84939990994     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: 14381435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-014-1266-5     Document Type: Article

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