Early management of acute gallstone pancreatitis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-19

  Vitale, Gary C ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ACUTE GALLSTONE PANCREATITIS; APACHE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PANCREAS DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL PATIENT;

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; GALLSTONES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT SELECTION; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845933052     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000250967.32581.c9     Document Type: Editorial

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