Open AccessA prospective study assessing the efficacy of abdominal computed tomography scan without bowel preparation in diagnosing intestinal wall and luminal lesions in patients presenting to the emergency room with abdominal complaints
Author(s) -
Michal Mizrahi,
Yoav Mintz,
Avraham I. Rivkind,
David Kisselgoff,
Eugene Libson,
Mayer Brezis,
Eran Goldin,
Oren Shibolet
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i13.1981
Subject(s) - medicine , colonoscopy , diverticulitis , radiology , abdominal computed tomography , appendicitis , abdominal pain , prospective cohort study , computed tomography , gold standard (test) , lumen (anatomy) , abdomen , predictive value of tests , emergency department , colorectal cancer , surgery , cancer , psychiatry
To evaluate the positive predictive value of abdominal non-prepared computed tomography (CT) for diagnosing intestinal lumen or wall lesions in patients presenting to the emergency room (ER) with abdominal complaints.