Characteristics and outcome of elderly patients admitted for acute Cholecystitis to medical or surgical wards

• Main Authors: Itamar Feldman (Author), Lena Feldman (Author), Dvorah S. Shapiro (Author), Gabriel Munter (Author), Amos M. Yinnon (Author), Reuven Friedman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Elderly patients admitted because of acute cholecystitis are usually not operated during their initial admission and receive conservative treatment. To help formulate a new admission policy regarding elderly patients with acute cholecystitis we compared the demographic and clinic...