| pubmed-article:8650858 | pubmed:abstractText | This study reviews the rate at which diagnostic imaging techniques are used in patients with intractable flank pain attributed to renal colic who are admitted to the hospital through the emergency room and determines the diagnostic values of plain film of the abdomen {kidney, ureter, bladder [KUB]} and of ultrasonography (US) of the urinary tract, using intravenous urography (IVU) as the gold standard for establishing the presence of a calculus. | lld:pubmed |
