Investigating flank pain: Keep the radiation to a minimum

Date First Published:

September 30, 2007

Last Updated:

December 8, 2011

Report by:

Nitin Jain, ST6 Emergency Medicine (Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth)

Search checked by:

Nitin Jain, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth

Three-Part Question:

In [adult patients presenting with acute flank pain to the emergency department] CAN a [low dose CT scan] reliably DIAGNOSE [urinary tract stone disease OR other significant pathology]