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Comparison of ultrasonographic and laboratory findings of acute cholecystitis between elderly and nonelderly patients
- Source :
- Volume: 46, Issue: 5 1428-1433, Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK-ULAKBIM) - DIGITAL COMMONS JOURNALS, 2016.
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Abstract
- Background/aim: The incidence of acute cholecystitis (AC) increases with age, and aging is also one of the poor prognostic factors. Aging is related to altered physiology, so diseases may show different characteristics in elderly patients. We aimed to investigate the differences between the main characteristic features of AC in elderly and nonelderly patients. Materials and methods: In this retrospective study, patients who had a diagnosis of AC were included and divided into two groups of people aged
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Cholecystitis, Acute
030230 surgery
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
medicine
Acute cholecystitis
Humans
Aging physiology,systemic inflammatory response,gallbladder disease
Elevated white blood cell count
Cerrahi
Aged
Retrospective Studies
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Mortality rate
Incidence (epidemiology)
Disease mechanisms
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
Retrospective cohort study
General Medicine
humanities
Pathophysiology
Female
Radiology
Liver function tests
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13036165 and 13000144
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....31e893d5b11aa5edab4c60d1869347f2
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-1507-13