Young age and frequent attacks of biliary pain predicted gallstone surgery.
Propositional expressions that are written in italics, for example, t.best-test(t, gallstones, jones-case), represent subgraphs of the semantic network that have been omitted from the figure due to space restrictions.
Their gallbladders were pathologically studied and the patients were categorized to two groups according to pathology findings : mild chronic cholecystitis (n=25) and asymptomatic gallstone (n=8).
Although most commonly associated with gallstones, acute acalculous cholecystitis occurs in elderly and critically ill patients with atherosclerosis, recent surgery or trauma, or haemodynamic instability.
The most common obesity-related complications are type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, myocardial infarction, gallstones, sleep apnea, joint problems, some cancers, and infertility.
After presenting the evidence in this case, the probability of gallstones is 0.135.
What is the best test to rule in gallstones?
A positive ultrasound for gallstones would result in a post-test probability of 0.445.
