A prospective cohort study of 200 acute care gallbladder surgeries: The same disease but a different approach

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1039-1045

  Kulvatunyou, Narong ^a   Joseph, Bellal ^a   Gries, Lynn ^a   Friese, Randall S ^a   Green, Donald ^a   O'Keeffe, Terence ^a   Wynne, Julie L ^a   Tang, Andrew L ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care surgery; Acute cholecystitis; Gallbladder disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; BODY MASS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OPERATION DURATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHIFT TO THE LEFT; ULTRASOUND; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869886757     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318265fe82     Document Type: Article

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