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Abdominal radiography in the emergency department: a prospective analysis.

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McCook, TA; Ravin, CE; Rice, RP
Published in: Ann Emerg Med
January 1982

We present a prospective analysis of 100 consecutive abdominal radiographs of 96 emergency patients who were referred to radiology with a variety of abdominal complaints. In patients with diffuse, nonspecific abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, or gastrointestinal bleeding, 98% of the radiographs were negative or had positive findings which were unrelated to the current clinical problem. Ninety-three percent of the positive radiographs that were related to the acute problem occurred in patients with renal colic; hematuria; ingestion of foreign bodies; previously known surgical conditions, such as incarcerated hernias; intra-abdominal metastatic carcinoma; fecal impaction; or true acute abdominal syndromes.

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Ann Emerg Med

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ISSN

0196-0644

Publication Date

January 1982

Volume

11

Issue

1

Start / End Page

7 / 8

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vomiting
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pain
  • North Carolina
  • Nausea
  • Humans
  • Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over
  • Health Services Misuse
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
 

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McCook, T. A., Ravin, C. E., & Rice, R. P. (1982). Abdominal radiography in the emergency department: a prospective analysis. Ann Emerg Med, 11(1), 7–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0196-0644(82)80004-8
McCook, T. A., C. E. Ravin, and R. P. Rice. “Abdominal radiography in the emergency department: a prospective analysis.Ann Emerg Med 11, no. 1 (January 1982): 7–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0196-0644(82)80004-8.
McCook TA, Ravin CE, Rice RP. Abdominal radiography in the emergency department: a prospective analysis. Ann Emerg Med. 1982 Jan;11(1):7–8.
McCook, T. A., et al. “Abdominal radiography in the emergency department: a prospective analysis.Ann Emerg Med, vol. 11, no. 1, Jan. 1982, pp. 7–8. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(82)80004-8.
McCook TA, Ravin CE, Rice RP. Abdominal radiography in the emergency department: a prospective analysis. Ann Emerg Med. 1982 Jan;11(1):7–8.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ann Emerg Med

DOI

ISSN

0196-0644

Publication Date

January 1982

Volume

11

Issue

1

Start / End Page

7 / 8

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vomiting
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pain
  • North Carolina
  • Nausea
  • Humans
  • Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over
  • Health Services Misuse
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage