Imaging requests for acute abdominal pain in the emergency department: a retrospective cross-sectional study

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• Ethical Approval

The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (Record No. 32/2024, Ref. 179-28-24) in accordance with national regulations and the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was waived owing to the retrospective design and use of anonymized data.

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