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ReviewOpen access emergency medicine : OAEM2022

Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department: How to Select the Correct Imaging for Diagnosis.

Carmen Wolfe, Maglin Halsey-Nichols, Kathryn Ritter, Nicole McCoin

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Review in Open access emergency medicine : OAEM, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Accelerated Abdominal MRI: A Review of Current Methods and Applications.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2025
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  7. The Epidemiology of Diverticulitis.Clinics in colon and rectal surgery · 2025
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  8. Investigating the Health Potential ofPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Carmen WolfeDepartment of Emergency Medicine, TriStar Skyline Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9064-603X
Maglin Halsey-NicholsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3644-686X
Kathryn RitterDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Nicole McCoinDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abdominal pain is a common presenting complaint in the emergency department, and utilization of diagnostic imaging is often a key tool in determining its etiology. Plain radiography has limited utility in this population. Computed tomography (CT) is the imaging modality of choice for undifferentiated abdominal pain. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging may be helpful in specific scenarios, primarily in pediatrics and pregnancy, and offer the benefit of eliminating ionizing radiation risk of CT. Guidance for imaging selection is determined by location of pain, special patient considerations, and specific suspected etiologies. Expert guidance is offered by the American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria

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appendicitiscomputed tomographyradiographultrasound

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PMID35899220
PMCPMC9309319

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