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Optimization of diagnostic imaging use in patients with acute abdominal pain (OPTIMA): Design and rationale

BACKGROUND: The acute abdomen is a frequent entity at the Emergency Department (ED), which usually needs rapid and accurate diagnostic work-up. Diagnostic work-up with imaging can consist of plain X-ray, ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT) and even diagnostic laparoscopy. However, no evid...

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Autores principales: Laméris, Wytze, van Randen, Adrienne, Dijkgraaf, Marcel GW, Bossuyt, Patrick MM, Stoker, Jaap, Boermeester, Marja A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1976317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17683592
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-227X-7-9