Prediction of Patients with Acute Cholecystitis Requiring Emergent Cholecystectomy: A Simple Score

The objective was to develop a score, to stratify patients with acute cholecystitis into high, intermediate, or low probability of gangrenous cholecystitis. The probability of gangrenous cholecystitis (score) was derived from a logistic regression of a clinical and pathological review of 245 patien...

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Main Authors: Wael N. Yacoub, Mikael Petrosyan, Indu Sehgal, Yanling Ma, Parakrama Chandrasoma, Rodney J. Mason
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/901739
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