Upper abdominal ultrasound in the critically ill

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Wang, Hsiu Po ^a   Chen, Shyr Chyr ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Acute hepatitis; Acute pancreatitis; Cholangiocarcinoma; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver abscess; Liver cirrhosis; Mirizzi syndrome; Pneumobilia; Splenic abscess

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMANGIOMA; HEMOBILIA; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CYST; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LIVER TUMOR; MIRIZZI SYNDROME; PANCREAS TUMOR; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN CYST; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ABDOMEN; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CRITICAL CARE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; PANCREATIC DISEASES; SPLENIC DISEASES;

EID: 34247401781     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000260632.01170.1F     Document Type: Review

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