Open AccessNationwide trends of hospital admissions for acute cholecystitis in the United States
Author(s) -
Vaibhav Wadhwa,
Yash Jobanputra,
Sushil Kumar Garg,
Soumil Patwardhan,
Dhruv Mehta,
Madhusudhan R. Sanaka
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
gastroenterology report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.934
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2052-0034
pISSN - 2304-1412
DOI - 10.1093/gastro/gow015
Subject(s) - medicine , acute cholecystitis , cholecystitis , incidence (geometry) , emergency medicine , hospital discharge , pediatrics , general surgery , gallbladder , optics , physics
Acute cholecystitis is a fairly common inpatient diagnosis among the gastrointestinal disorders. The aim of this study was to use a national database of US hospitals to evaluate the incidence and costs of hospital admissions associated with acute cholecystitis.
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