Early computed tomography is rarely necessary in gallstone pancreatitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 904-907

  Toosie, Katayoun ^a   Chang, Lin ^a   Renslo, Richard ^a   Arnell, Tracey ^a   Bongard, Frederic ^a   Stabile, Bruce E ^a   De Virgilio, Christian ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADULT; APACHE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CHOLELITHIASIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030850391     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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