What is the best test to diagnose urinary tract stones?

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Title:	What is the best test to diagnose urinary tract stones?
Author:	Lindbloom, Erik
Keywords:	computerized tomography (CT) intravenous pyelography (IVP)
Date:	2001-08
Publisher:	Family Physicians Inquiries Network
Abstract:	Over the past 3 years, helical (or spiral) computerized tomography (CT) has proved the best method of testing for urinary tract stones. All reviewed studies published since mid-1998 found helical CT scan to be the safest and most accurate test. (Grade of recommendation: A, based on independent blind comparison of an appropriate spectrum of patients.)
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/2822