Acute acalculous cholecystitis

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-104

  Owen, Charles C ^b   Jain, Rajeev ^a  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; BURN; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ENZYME DEFECT; GALLBLADDER SCINTISCANNING; GALLSTONE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; INJURY; LAVAGE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MORTALITY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 17444400100     PISSN: 10928472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11938-005-0001-4     Document Type: Review

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