Derivation and validation of a practical Bedside Score for the diagnosis of cholecystitis

Duncan, 2012, Evidence-based current surgical practice: calculous gallbladder disease, J Gastrointest Surg, 16, 2011, 10.1007/s11605-012-2024-1 Strasberg, 2008, Clinical practice. Acute calculous cholecystitis, N Engl J Med, 358, 2804, 10.1056/NEJMcp0800929 Friedman, 1993, Natural history of asymptomatic and symptomatic gallstones, Am J Surg, 165, 399, 10.1016/S0002-9610(05)80930-4 Elwood, 2008, Cholecystitis, Surg Clin North Am, 88, 1241, 10.1016/j.suc.2008.07.008 Kiewiet, 2012, A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic performance of imaging in acute cholecystitis, Radiology, 264, 708, 10.1148/radiol.12111561 Hanbidge, 2004, From the RSNA refresher courses: imaging evaluation for acute pain in the right upper quadrant, Radiographics, 24, 1117, 10.1148/rg.244035149 Alobaidi, 2004, Current trends in imaging evaluation of acute cholecystitis, Emerg Radiol, 10, 256, 10.1007/s10140-004-0325-8 Fink-Bennett, 1985, The sensitivity of hepatobiliary imaging and real-time ultrasonography in the detection of acute cholecystitis, Arch Surg, 120, 904, 10.1001/archsurg.1985.01390320028004 De Vargas Macciucca, 2006, Ultrasonographic and spiral CT evaluation of simple and complicated acute cholecystitis: diagnostic protocol assessment based on personal experience and review of the literature, Radiol Med, 111, 167, 10.1007/s11547-006-0018-3 Chatziioannou, 2000, Hepatobiliary scintigraphy is superior to abdominal ultrasonography in suspected acute cholecystitis, Surgery, 127, 609, 10.1067/msy.2000.105868 Golea, 2010, Role of ultrasonography for acute cholecystic conditions in the emergency room, Med Ultrason, 12, 271 Bingener, 2004, Does the correlation of acute cholecystitis on ultrasound and at surgery reflect a mirror image?, Am J Surg, 188, 703, 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.08.060 Shea, 1994, Revised estimates of diagnostic test sensitivity and specificity in suspected biliary tract disease, Arch Intern Med, 154, 2573, 10.1001/archinte.1994.00420220069008 Kalimi, 2001, Diagnosis of acute cholecystitis: sensitivity of sonography, cholescintigraphy, and combined sonography-cholescintigraphy, J Am Coll Surg, 193, 609, 10.1016/S1072-7515(01)01092-4 Fagenholz, 2015, Computed tomography is more sensitive than ultrasound for the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis, Surg Infect, 16, 509, 10.1089/sur.2015.102 Berger, 2000, Abdominal symptoms: do they predict gallstones? A systematic review, Scand J Gastroenterol, 35, 70, 10.1080/003655200750024560 Trowbridge, 2003, Does this patient have acute cholecystitis?, JAMA, 289, 80, 10.1001/jama.289.1.80 Fitzgibbons, 1996, Acute cholecystitis. Does the clinical diagnosis correlate with the pathological diagnosis?, Surg Endosc, 10, 1180, 10.1007/s004649900274 Hirota, 2007, Diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines, J Hepato-Biliary-Pancreat Surg, 14, 78, 10.1007/s00534-006-1159-4 Takada, 2007, Background: Tokyo Guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis, J Hepato-Biliary-Pancreat Surg, 14, 1, 10.1007/s00534-006-1150-0 Yokoe, 2012, New diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholecystitis in revised Tokyo Guidelines, J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci, 19, 578, 10.1007/s00534-012-0548-0 Raghavendra, 1981, Acute cholecystitis: sonographic-pathologic analysis, AJR Am J Roentgenol, 137, 327, 10.2214/ajr.137.2.327 Harrell, 2001 Kiriyama, 2012, New diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of acute cholangitis in revised Tokyo Guidelines, J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci, 19, 548, 10.1007/s00534-012-0537-3 Gruber, 1996, Presence of fever and leukocytosis in acute cholecystitis, Ann Emerg Med, 28, 273, 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70025-2 Singer, 1996, Correlation among clinical, laboratory, and hepatobiliary scanning findings in patients with suspected acute cholecystitis, Ann Emerg Med, 28, 267, 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70024-0 Fidler, 1996, CT evaluation of acute cholecystitis: findings and usefulness in diagnosis, AJR Am J Roentgenol, 166, 1085, 10.2214/ajr.166.5.8615248 Bennett, 2003, Ultrasound and CT evaluation of emergent gallbladder pathology, Radiol Clin N Am, 41, 1203, 10.1016/S0033-8389(03)00097-6 Yokoe, 2013, TG13 diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos), J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci, 20, 35, 10.1007/s00534-012-0568-9 Bree, 1995, Further observations on the usefulness of the sonographic Murphy sign in the evaluation of suspected acute cholecystitis, J Clin Ultrasound, 23, 169, 10.1002/jcu.1870230304 Soyer, 1998, Color velocity imaging and power Doppler sonography of the gallbladder wall: a new look at sonographic diagnosis of acute cholecystitis, AJR Am J Roentgenol, 171, 183, 10.2214/ajr.171.1.9648785 Ralls, 1982, Prospective evaluation of the sonographic Murphy sign in suspected acute cholecystitis, J Clin Ultrasound, 10, 113, 10.1002/jcu.1870100305 Summers, 2010, A prospective evaluation of emergency department bedside ultrasonography for the detection of acute cholecystitis, Ann Emerg Med, 56, 114, 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.01.014 Rosen, 2001, Ultrasonography by emergency physicians in patients with suspected cholecystitis, Am J Emerg Med, 19, 32, 10.1053/ajem.2001.20028 Lo, 2006, Evaluation of pretest clinical score (4 T's) for the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in two clinical settings, J Thromb Haemost, 4, 759, 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.01787.x Wells, 1997, Value of assessment of pretest probability of deep-vein thrombosis in clinical management, Lancet, 350, 1795, 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)08140-3 Reilly, 2006, Translating clinical research into clinical practice: impact of using prediction rules to make decisions, Ann Intern Med, 144, 201, 10.7326/0003-4819-144-3-200602070-00009 Wasson, 1985, Clinical prediction rules. Applications and methodological standards, N Engl J Med, 313, 793, 10.1056/NEJM198509263131306 Stiell, 1994, Implementation of the Ottawa ankle rules, JAMA, 271, 827, 10.1001/jama.1994.03510350037034