Ultrasonography versus computed tomography for suspected nephrolithiasis.

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Published in N Engl J Med on September 18, 2014

Authors

Rebecca Smith-Bindman1, Chandra Aubin, John Bailitz, Rimon N Bengiamin, Carlos A Camargo, Jill Corbo, Anthony J Dean, Ruth B Goldstein, Richard T Griffey, Gregory D Jay, Tarina L Kang, Dana R Kriesel, O John Ma, Michael Mallin, William Manson, Joy Melnikow, Diana L Miglioretti, Sara K Miller, Lisa D Mills, James R Miner, Michelle Moghadassi, Vicki E Noble, Gregory M Press, Marshall L Stoller, Victoria E Valencia, Jessica Wang, Ralph C Wang, Steven R Cummings

Author Affiliations

1: From the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging (R.S.-B., R.B.G., M. Moghadassi), Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (R.S.-B.), Urology (M.L.S.), Medicine (V.E.V.), and Emergency Medicine (R.C.W.), University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the San Francisco Coordinating Center, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute (D.R.K., S.R.C.), San Francisco, the Department of Emergency Medicine, UCSF, Fresno (R.N.B.), Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles (T.L.K.), Center for Healthcare Policy and Research (J.M.) and Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences (D.L.M.) and the Department of Emergency Medicine (L.D.M.), University of California, Davis - all in California; the Division of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis (C.A., R.T.G.); Department of Emergency Medicine, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Rush University Medical Center - both in Chicago (J.B.); Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston (C.A.C., V.E.N.); Department of Emergency Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY (J.C., J.W.); Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.J.D.); Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University Department of Emergency Medicine, Providence (G.D.J.); Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (O.J.M.); and Group Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle (D.L.M.); University of Utah, Salt Lake City (M. Mallin); Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta (W.M.); University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (S.K.M.) and the University of Texas at Houston Medical School (G.M.P.) - both in Houston; and the Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis (J.R.M.).

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