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Acute appendicitis: prospective evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose CT to reduce the need of standard CT. |
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Published in | European radiology. 2011, vol. 21, no. 12, p. 2558-66 | |
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Open Access - Licence nationale Springer |
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Abstract | To evaluate an algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose unenhanced CT with oral contrast medium (LDCT) in the assessment of acute appendicitis, to reduce the need of conventional CT. | |
Keywords | Abdominal Pain/etiology — Acute Disease — Adult — Algorithms — Appendicitis/complications/diagnosis/radiography/ultrasonography — Body Mass Index — Contrast Media/diagnostic use — Cost-Benefit Analysis — Female — Humans — Male — Practice Guidelines as Topic — Prospective Studies — Radiation Dosage — Sensitivity and Specificity — Tomography — X-Ray Computed/methods | |
Identifiers | PMID: 21805194 | |
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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale |
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Research groups | Chirurgie viscérale (104) Chirurgie viscérale (HUG) Epidémiologie clinique (115) Imagerie et radiologie interventionnelle du foie, des voies biliaires et du pancréas (316) Radiologie des urgences (800) | |
Citation (ISO format) | POLETTI, Pierre-Alexandre Alois et al. Acute appendicitis: prospective evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose CT to reduce the need of standard CT. In: European radiology, 2011, vol. 21, n° 12, p. 2558-66. doi: 10.1007/s00330-011-2212-5 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:23177 |