Percutaneous Drainage versus Emergency Cholecystectomy for the Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis in Critically Ill Patients: Does it Matter? [PDF]
, 2018 Background: The aim if this study was to compare percutaneous drainage (PD) of the gallbladder to emergency cholecystectomy (EC) in a well-defined patient group with sepsis related to acute calculous/acalculous cholecystitis (ACC/AAC).
Calmes, J.-M +4 more
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Liver involvement in dengue: A systematic review
Reviews in Medical Virology, Volume 34, Issue 4, July 2024.Abstract Liver involvement is an unusual yet frequently overlooked dengue complication. Pivotal for an efficient clinical management, the early diagnosis of dengue‐associated liver involvement relies on an accurate description of its clinical and biological characteristics, its prognosis factors, its association with severe dengue and its clinical ...
Valentine Campana +9 more
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The influence of factors of the hemostasis, fibrinolysis and proteolysis systems upon the development and progressing of somatoform vegetative dysfunction and essential hypertension in patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis [PDF]
, 2014 The article presents the data concerning various chains of the blood coagulative system, anticoagulative blood activity, fibrinolysis and systemic plasma proteolysis in correlation with hemorheological parameters with comorbid chronic acalculous ...
Antoniv, A.A. +2 more
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Septate Gallbladder Finding Explains Acalculous Cholecystitis: Case Report & Review of the Literature [PDF]
, 2023 J Alfaifi
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Characteristics differentiating problem representation synthesis between novices and experts
Journal of Hospital Medicine, Volume 19, Issue 6, Page 468-474, June 2024.Abstract Background Formulating a thoughtful problem representation (PR) is fundamental to sound clinical reasoning and an essential component of medical education. Aside from basic structural recommendations, little consensus exists on what characterizes high‐quality PRs.
Casey N. McQuade +6 more
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Acalculous cholecystitis in malaria: Complication or accomplice?
The Annals of African Surgery, 2008 Acalculous cholecystitis is an acute necro inflammatory disease of the gallbladder with multifactorial pathogenesis. Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) typically occurs in critically ill or injured patients but has also been associated with various ...
Sokwala A., MBChB, +2 more
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Enteric parasites and AIDS [PDF]
, 1999 OBJECTIVE: To report on the importance of intestinal parasites in patients with AIDS, showing relevant data in the medical literature, with special emphasis on epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of enteroparasitosis, especially cryptosporidiasis ...
Cimerman, Benjamin +2 more
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Post-traumatic gangrenous acalculous cholecystitis: A case report [PDF]
, 2018 Acute acalculous cholecystitis in trauma patients is an elusive diagnosis, more so if the patient sustained blunt abdominal trauma. It can arise as a post-traumatic or postsurgical complication, occurring more in critically ill patients.
Maunganidze, Aspect J.V. +3 more
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Acute acalculous cholecystitis caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection: A case report and literature review
, 2021 H Futagami +5 more
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Ultrasound scan to detect acalculous cholecystopathy in immunocompromised hosts with unexplained fever. [PDF]
, 2000 We found a significant prevalence of acalculous cholecystopathy in a group of patients with hematologic malignancies and unexplained fever. Ultrasound scan (US) detected a case of acute cholecystitis, two of gallbladder overdistension and biliary sludge,
Califano C +4 more
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