Sonomorphology of the gallbladder in critically ill patients: Value of a scoring system and follow-up examinations

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Helbich, Thomas H ^a,b   Mallek, R ^a   Madl, C ^a   Wunderbaldinger, P ^a   Breitenseher, M ^a   Tscholakoff, D ^a   Mostbeck, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gallbladder, acalculous cholecystitis; Scoring system; Ultrasound studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030637493     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841859709171256     Document Type: Article

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