Acute cholecystitis in the elderly: Use of computed tomography and correlation with ultrasonography

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 202, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 524-527

  McGillicuddy, Edward A ^a   Schuster, Kevin M ^a   Brown, Elliott ^a   Maxfield, Mark W ^a   Davis, Kimberly A ^a   Longo, Walter E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Computed tomography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACIDOSIS; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80055018456     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.06.012     Document Type: Article

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