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

• Published in: Urology (Ridgewood, N.J.) Vol. 67; no. 1; pp. 64 - 68
• Main Authors: Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre, Platon, Alexandra, Rutschmann, Olivier T., Verdun, Francis R., Schmidlin, Franz R., Iselin, Christophe E., Vermeulen, Bernard, Sarasin, François P., Buhler, Léo H., Becker, Christoph D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 2006
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Colic - diagnostic imaging; Female; Humans; Kidney Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Radiation Dosage; Radiography, Abdominal; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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. A total of 139 patients for whom an APF was requested for suspicion of renal colic were ra...