Clinical predictors of severe gallbladder complications in acute acalculous cholecystitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2821-2823

  Wang, Ay Jiun ^a   Wang, Tsang En ^a   Lin, Ching Chung ^a   Lin, Shee Chan ^a   Shih, Shou Chuan ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ABSCESS; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CANDIDIASIS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER PERFORATION; GALLSTONE; GANGRENE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0346967104     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i12.2821     Document Type: Article

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