Abdominal plain film in patients admitted with clinical suspicion of renal colic: should it be replaced by low-dose computed tomography?

Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois; Platon, Alexandra; Rutschmann, Olivier Thierry; Verdun, Francis R; Schmidlin, Franz; Iselin, Christophe; Vermeulen, Bernard; Sarasin, François; Buehler, Leo Hans; Becker, Christoph

doi:10.1016/j.urology.2005.07.042

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Abdominal plain film in patients admitted with clinical suspicion of renal colic: should it be replaced by low-dose computed tomography?

ContributorsPoletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois; Platon, Alexandra; Rutschmann, Olivier Thierry; Verdun, Francis R; Schmidlin, Franz; Iselin, Christophe; Vermeulen, Bernard; Sarasin, François; Buehler, Leo Hans; Becker, Christoph

Published inUrology, vol. 67, no. 1, p. 64-68

Publication date2006

Abstract

To evaluate a low-dose abdominal computed tomography (LDCT) protocol, delivering a radiation dose close to that delivered by an abdominal plain film (APF), in patients with a clinical suspicion of renal colic.

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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Colic/radiography
Female
Humans
Kidney Diseases/radiography
Male
Middle Aged
Radiation Dosage
Radiography, Abdominal
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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POLETTI, Pierre-Alexandre Alois et al. Abdominal plain film in patients admitted with clinical suspicion of renal colic: should it be replaced by low-dose computed tomography? In: Urology, 2006, vol. 67, n° 1, p. 64–68. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.07.042

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PID : unige:38715
DOI : 10.1016/j.urology.2005.07.042
PMID : 16413334

Journal ISSN1527-9995

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Abdominal plain film in patients admitted with clinical suspicion of renal colic: should it be replaced by low-dose computed tomography?

To evaluate a low-dose abdominal computed tomography (LDCT) protocol, delivering a radiation dose close to that delivered by an abdominal plain film (APF), in patients with a clinical suspicion of renal colic.

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