A Prediction Rule for Risk Stratification of Incidentally Discovered Gallstones: Results from a Large Cohort Study

Gastroenterology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 156-167.e1

  Shabanzadeh, Daniel Mønsted ^a,b   Sørensen, Lars Tue ^a,c   Jørgensen, Torben ^b,c,d  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b The Research Unit for General Practice in Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cholelithiasis; Gallbladder Disease; Longitudinal; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BILIARY STENT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLSTONE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DENMARK; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; GALLSTONES; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GALLSTONES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84952717229     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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