1999
REEXAMINING THE VALUE OF HEMATURIA TESTING IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE FLANK PAIN
BOVE P, KAPLAN D, DALRYMPLE N, ROSENFIELD A, VERGA M, ANDERSON K, SMITH R. REEXAMINING THE VALUE OF HEMATURIA TESTING IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE FLANK PAIN. Journal Of Urology 1999, 162: 685-687. PMID: 10458342, DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199909010-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute flank painHigh-power fieldUnenhanced helical computerized tomographyFlank painHelical computerized tomographyRed blood cellsHematuria testingComputerized tomographyExcretory urographyPower fieldPredictive valueInsufficient positive predictive valueAbsence of hematuriaDiagnosis of ureterolithiasisNegative dipstick testPositive predictive valueConsecutive patientsCT abnormalitiesUreteral obstructionUrinary tractMedical recordsSerious conditionDipstick testPainPositive test
1996
Acute ureteral obstruction: value of secondary signs of helical unenhanced CT.
Smith R, Verga M, Dalrymple N, McCarthy S, Rosenfield A. Acute ureteral obstruction: value of secondary signs of helical unenhanced CT. American Journal Of Roentgenology 1996, 167: 1109-13. PMID: 8911160, DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.5.8911160.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcute DiseaseAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCalculiDilatation, PathologicFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansHypertrophyKidneyKidney CalculiKidney DiseasesKidney Tubules, CollectingMaleMiddle AgedRadiographic Image EnhancementRenal VeinsSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, X-Ray ComputedUreteral CalculiUreteral DiseasesUreteral ObstructionConceptsAcute flank painPerinephric strandingFlank painSecondary signsSystem dilatationUreteral dilatationUnenhanced CTRenal enlargementUreteral stonesPredictive valueTissue rim signUreteral stone diseaseNegative predictive valueSoft tissue attenuationPositive predictive valueUnenhanced CT imagesPatients NinetyUreteral obstructionRenal sizeSuspicious calcificationsOdds ratioStone diseaseRenal stonesPatientsDilatation