The efficacy of percutaneous cholecystostomy in critically ill patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 263-269

  Hultman, C Scott ^a   Herbst, Charles A ^a   McCall, James M ^a   Mauro, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILE; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CHILD; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029867997     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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