The Rational Clinical Examination
David L. Simel, Drummond Rennie
Acute Cholecystitis
Ultrasonography by Emergency Physicians in Patients With Suspected Cholecystitis.
Topics Discussed:
cholecystitis, acute, criterion standard comparisons (diagnostic tests), likelihood ratio, measures of outcome, ultrasonography of abdomen
Excerpt:
"Ultrasonography by Emergency Physicians in Patients
With Suspected Cholecystitis. Level 3, since not all patients referred for
formal ultrasonography were selected to undergo BUS...."
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