Hemorrhagic Acalculous Cholecystitis: An Unusual Location of Uremic Bleeding

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 484-487

  Lai, Yi Chun ^a,b   Tarng, Der Cherng ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

hemodialysis; hemorrhagic cholecystitis; uremic bleeding

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DESMOPRESSIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE ABDOMEN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FECES ANALYSIS; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER HEMORRHAGE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMORRHAGIC ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC DRAINAGE; SCLERA DISEASE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; UREMIA;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 70449356840     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70412-5     Document Type: Article

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