Incidental findings on non-contrast abdominal computed tomography in an asymptomatic population: Prevalence, economic and health implications

• Alexander Ritter ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: harald.seeger@usz.ch (HS); alexander.ritter@usz.ch (AR)

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Division of Nephrology and Transplantation Medicine, HOCH Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9049-0765

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• Maximilian Sabev,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Olivier Bonny,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Gregoire Wuerzner,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Service of Nephrology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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• Thomas Ernandez,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Transplantation, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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• Florian Buchkremer,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

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• Stephan Segerer,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland

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• Daniel G. Fuster,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7220-1803

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• Beat Roth,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Urology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7369-650X

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• Nilufar Mohebbi,

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Lena Jellestad,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Consultation—Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Andreas M. Hoetker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Carsten A. Wagner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Harald Seeger

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: harald.seeger@usz.ch (HS); alexander.ritter@usz.ch (AR)

  Affiliations Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute for Nephrology and Dialysis, Cantonal Hospital Baden, Baden, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1552-7983

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