CLINICAL PRACTICE: Acute Calculous Cholecystitis
Mercredi 25 Juin 2008 - 06:55 - 6 mois, 2 semaines depuis
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New England Journal of Medicin
A 42-year-old woman presents with severe pain in the right upper quadrant, which started 15 hours earlier. She has had episodic pain in that location previously that lasted up to 2 hours. She has had one episode of vomiting with the current attack. Her temperature is 38.5{degrees}C, and the heart rate is 95 beats per minute. How should her condition be evaluated and treated?