Management of acute cholecystitis in critically ill patients: Contemporary role for cholecystostomy and subsequent cholecystectomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 708-712

  Morse, Bryan C ^a   Smith, J Brandon ^a   Lawdahl, Richard B ^a   Roettger, Richard H ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651390842     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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