Acalculous Cholecystitis
Investigators at Jordan University zero in on acalculous cholecystitis
Published in Telemedicine Week, March 2nd, 2010
According to recent research from Irbid, Jordan, "The main objective of this study was to determine the effect of gallbladder emptying acquisition time on gallbladder ejection fraction (GBEF) measurement obtained by fatty meal cholescintigraphy (CS). During fatty meal cholescintigraphy (CS), GBEF1 and GBEF2 were calculated 20 and 45 min, respectively, post meal ingestion on 50 healthy volunteers, 37 patients with chronic acalculous cholecystitis (CAC) and 20 non-CAC patients."
"GBEF1/GBEF2 was calculated and represented the percentage of GBEF occurred during 20 min after meal ingestion. The gallbladder was classified as ended pattern if it terminated contraction before...
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Source: Telemedicine Week (2010-03-02)
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