The impact of the Japanese clinical guidelines on the clinical management of patients with acute cholecystitis

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 611-619

  Shinya, Satoshi ^a   Yamashita, Yuichi ^a   Takada, Tadahiro ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Guidelines; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JAPANESE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREND STUDY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; JAPAN;

CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84881481576     PISSN: 18686974     EISSN: 18686982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00534-013-0603-5     Document Type: Article

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