Diagnosis and management of cholecystitis and cholangitis

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1145-1168

  Yusoff, Ian F ^a,d   Barkun, Jeffrey S ^b   Barkun, Alan N ^c,e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Fonds de la Recherche en Sante du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TICARCILLIN; UREIDOPENICILLIN;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; GALLSTONE; MIRIZZI SYNDROME; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

EID: 0347480537     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(03)00090-6     Document Type: Review

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