Does ultrasonography accurately diagnose acute cholecystitis? Improving diagnostic accuracy based on a review at a regional hospital

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 162-168

  Hwang, Hamish ^a,b   Marsh, Ian ^a   Doyle, Jason ^a,b  

^a Vernon Jubilee Hospital   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904344312     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.027312     Document Type: Article

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