The blood flow velocity in the wall of the gallbladder is an indicator of the degree of inflammation in acute cholecystitis

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 72, 2006, Pages 819-822

  Yamashita, Hirotaka ^a,b   Hachisuka, Yasuki ^b   Kotegawa, Hiroshi ^a,b   Fukuhara, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Kobayashi, Nobuaki ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Blood flow velocity; Color Doppler ultrasound; Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder aspiration (PTGBA)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33845213815     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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