Acute cholecystitis: Do sonographic findings and WBC count predict gangrenous changes?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 363-369

  Teefey, Sharlene A ^a   Dahiya, Nirvikar ^a   Middleton, William D ^a   Bajaj, Sanjeev ^a   Dahiya, Neha ^a   Ylagan, Lourdes ^a,b   Hildebolt, Charles F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Gangrenous cholecystitis; Striated wall thickening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; GALLBLADDER FIBROSIS; GALLBLADDER HEMORRHAGE; GANGRENE; GANGRENOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84873598921     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.8956     Document Type: Article

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