Prognostic factors for the development of gangrenous cholecystitis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 481-485

  Fagan, Shawn P ^a   Awad, Samir S ^a   Rahwan, Khalil ^a   Hira, Kenji ^b   Aoki, Nori ^b   Itani, Kamal M F ^a   Berger, David H ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Gangrenous cholecystitis; Multivariate logistic regression; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; GANGRENOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0242266602     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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