title: Pyogenic hepatic abscess: clues for diagnosis in the emergency room.
abstract: The objective of this paper is to describe the clinical and diagnostic characteristics of patients with pyogenic hepatic abscesses evaluated in the emergency room, and to know whether it is feasible to make an early diagnosis based on any of these characteristics. The setting was an urban, tertiary-care teaching hospital. This was a retrospective study of 63 adult patients admitted to our institution because of pyogenic liver abscesses from January 1991 to December 1998.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain. joselhh@teleline.es
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramos
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography