Right Upper Quadrant Pain: Ultrasound First

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1975-1985

  Revzin, Margarita V ^a   Scoutt, Leslie M ^a   Garner, Joseph G ^b   Moore, Christopher L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute cholecystitis; biliary colic; choledocholithiasis; gallbladder; right upper quadrant pain; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICINE; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; BILIARY COLIC; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; GALLBLADDER; RIGHT UPPER QUADRANT PAIN;

ULTRASONICS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BILIARY TRACT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85032485343     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: 15509613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jum.14274     Document Type: Article

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