The role of the Tokyo guidelines in the diagnosis of acute calculous cholecystitis

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 879-884

  Lee, Shou Wu ^a   Chang, Chi Sen ^a   Lee, Teng Yu ^a   Tung, Chun Fang ^a   Peng, Yen Chun ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Diagnosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HEPATOBILIARY RADIOGRAPHY; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PERICHOLECYSTIC FLUID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; GALLSTONE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOKYO;

EID: 79952200017     PISSN: 18686974     EISSN: 18686982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-010-0289-x     Document Type: Article

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