July 6, 2012 — An emergency department (ED) strategy that eliminates the routine use of oral contrast for abdominal-pelvic (AP) computed tomography (CT) for undifferentiated abdominal pain can reduce ...
A patient who will be referred to as Ms. L in this case study was 34 years old when she presented to the emergency department in January 2012 with severe pain in the right lower quadrant that radiated ...