Clinical presentation and delayed treatment of cholangitis in older people

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2207-2210

  Rahman, Sakhawat Hussain ^a,c   Larvin, Michael ^b   McMahon, Michael J ^a   Thompson, David ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholangitis; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; Older people; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INCONTINENCE; JAUNDICE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SPHINCTEROTOMY, TRANSHEPATIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 30844469323     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-3035-5     Document Type: Article

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