Revisiting morphine-augmented hepatobiliary imaging for diagnosing acute cholecystitis: the potential pitfall of high false positive rate

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[2] Cheung RC(1984)Cholescintigraphy in acute cholecystitis: use of intravenous morphine Radiology 151 203-207

[3] Keeffe EB(1986)Morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis AJR 147 1177-1179

[4] Choy D(1987)Hepatobiliary imaging and the use of intravenous morphine Clin Nucl Med 12 592-596

[5] Shi EC(1988)Clinical efficacy of intravenous morphine administration in hepatobiliary imaging for acute cholecystitis Clin Nucl Med 13 4-6

[6] McLean RG(1990)Morphine cholescintigraphy Surg Gynecol Obstet 171 227-232

[7] Kim EE(1991)Morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy: its efficacy in detecting acute cholecystitis J Nucl Med 32 1231-1233

[8] Pjura G(1993)Cholescintigraphy in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis: morphine augmentation is superior to delayed imaging J Nucl Med 34 1866-1870

[9] Lowry P(2011)Evaluation of scan time post morphine injection for diagnosing acute cholecystitis with hepatobiliary imaging [abstract] J Nucl Med 52 281-473

[10] Nguyen M(1990)Morphine-augmented hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the severely ill: caution is in order Radiology 175 467-396

[1] Ahmed A(2000)Management of gallstones and their complications Am Fam Physician 61 1673-1680

[2] Cheung RC(1984)Cholescintigraphy in acute cholecystitis: use of intravenous morphine Radiology 151 203-207

[3] Keeffe EB(1986)Morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis AJR 147 1177-1179

[4] Choy D(1987)Hepatobiliary imaging and the use of intravenous morphine Clin Nucl Med 12 592-596

[5] Shi EC(1988)Clinical efficacy of intravenous morphine administration in hepatobiliary imaging for acute cholecystitis Clin Nucl Med 13 4-6

[6] McLean RG(1990)Morphine cholescintigraphy Surg Gynecol Obstet 171 227-232

[7] Kim EE(1991)Morphine-augmented cholescintigraphy: its efficacy in detecting acute cholecystitis J Nucl Med 32 1231-1233

[8] Pjura G(1993)Cholescintigraphy in the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis: morphine augmentation is superior to delayed imaging J Nucl Med 34 1866-1870

[9] Lowry P(2011)Evaluation of scan time post morphine injection for diagnosing acute cholecystitis with hepatobiliary imaging [abstract] J Nucl Med 52 281-473

[10] Nguyen M(1990)Morphine-augmented hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the severely ill: caution is in order Radiology 175 467-396