Use of a predictive equation for diagnosis of acute gangrenous cholecystitis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 463-466

  Nguyen, Liz ^a   Fagan, Shawn P ^a   Lee, Timothy C ^a   Aoki, Nori ^b   Itani, Kamal M F ^a   Berger, David H ^a   Awad, Samir S ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences at Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Gangrenous cholecystitis; Predictive equation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GANGRENOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 8544239345     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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