Acute acalculous cholecystitis: Incidence, risk factors, diagnosis, and outcome

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 471-475

  Kalliafas, Stavros ^a   Ziegler, Daniel W ^a   Flancbaum, Louis ^a   Choban, Patricia S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CHOLECYSTITIS; CRITICAL CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031970571     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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