Acute cholecystitis: Immediate versus interval cholecystectomy

Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-195

  Ghani, Azra A ^a,b   Jan, Waqar Alam ^a   ul Haq, Amin ^a  

^a LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b Edwardes College   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Cholecystectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHARYNGITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENT T TEST; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 23844495484     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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