Total bilirubin is a useful predictor of persisting common bile duct stone in gallstone pancreatitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 977-980

  Chan, Tony ^a   Yaghoubian, Arezou ^a   Rosing, David ^a   Lee, Edward ^b   Lewis, Roger J ^a   Stabile, Bruce E ^a   De Virgilio, Christian ^a,c  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PANCREATITIS; PEROPERATIVE CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55949134020     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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