Is routine ultrasound examination of the gallbladder justified in critical care patients?

Critical Care Research and Practice

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Myrianthefs, Pavlos ^a,b   Evodia, Efimia ^a   Vlachou, Ioanna ^a   Petrocheilou, Glykeria ^a   Gavala, Alexandra ^a   Pappa, Maria ^a   Baltopoulos, George ^a   Karakitsos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

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EID: 84866245584     PISSN: 20901305     EISSN: 20901313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/565617     Document Type: Article

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