reviewJournal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic SciencesOct 15, 2017BRONZE OA

Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos)

Japanese Red Cross Nagoya Daini Hospital · Kawasaki Medical School · +54 more institutions

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Abstract

Abstract The Tokyo Guidelines 2013 (TG13) for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis were globally disseminated and various clinical studies about the management of acute cholecystitis were reported by many researchers and clinicians from all over the world. The 1 st edition of the Tokyo Guidelines 2007 ( TG 07) was revised in 2013. According to that revision, the TG 13 diagnostic criteria of acute cholecystitis provided better specificity and higher diagnostic accuracy. Thorough our literature search about diagnostic criteria for acute cholecystitis, new and strong evidence that had been released from 2013 to 2017 was not found with serious and important issues about using TG 13 diagnostic criteria of acute…

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Keywords
  • Grading (engineering)
  • Medicine
  • Acute cholecystitis
  • Cholecystitis
  • Intensive care medicine
  • Clinical Practice
  • Diagnostic accuracy
  • General surgery
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Good health and well-being
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