Failure to Perform Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis in Elderly Patients Is Associated with Increased Morbidity, Mortality, and Cost

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 668-677

  Riall, Taylor S ^a   Zhang, Dong ^a   Townsend Jr , Courtney M ^a   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID TUMOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; GALLSTONE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952303876     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.12.031     Document Type: Article

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