Conservative treatment for acute cholecystitis: Clinical and radiographic predictors of failure

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 739-743

  Barak, Orly ^a   Elazary, Ram ^a   Appelbaum, Liat ^a   Rivkind, Avraham ^a   Almogy, Gidon ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Elderly; High risk patients; Percutaneous cholecystostomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTOTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 75449085515     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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