Bethanechol provocation testing does not predict symptom relief after cholecystectomy for acalculous biliary pain

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 682-686

  Smythe, A ^a   Ahmed, R ^a   Fitzhenry, M ^a   Johnson, A G ^a   Majeed, A W ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acalculous gallbladder pain; Bethanechol

Indexed keywords

BETHANECHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCARINIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER CONTRACTION; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; HEAT SENSATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SALIVATION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BETHANECHOL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; PAIN; PARASYMPATHOMIMETICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16644392393     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2004.05.009     Document Type: Article

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