A population-based analysis of the clinical course of 10,304 patients with acute cholecystitis, discharged without cholecystectomy

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-31

  De Mestral, Charles ^a,b   Rotstein, Ori D ^a   Laupacis, Andreas ^a,b   Hoch, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Zagorski, Brandon ^b   Nathens, Avery B ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Institute for Clinical Evaluation Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; delayed cholecystectomy; recurrent gallstone symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLESTASIS; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCOME; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; FEMALE; GALLSTONES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872094666     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182788e4d     Document Type: Article

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