The accuracies of abdominal computed tomography and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio used to predict the development of clinically severe acute cholecystitis in elderly patients visiting an emergency department
Conclusions: The CT parameters of increased pericholecystic fat stranding and pericholecystic fluid collection with an NLR cutoff of 9.9 were useful for predicting the severity of AC in elderly patients in the ED.
Source: Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice - Category: Rural Health Authors: SH Woo WJ Lee SH Seol DH Kim SP Choi Source Type: research
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