1996
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.2.277
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Prospective evaluation of endoscopic ultrasonography and microscopic examination of duodenal bile in the diagnosis of cholecystolithiasis in 45 patients with normal conventional ultrasonography.

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“…These estimates, with their respective confidence intervals, are questionable and imprecise, considering that in other studies, the specificity ranged from 76% to 86% 39,41 . Perhaps these results occurred because of the small sample of individuals without the disease and the great possibility that the patients examined here would have gallbladder etiology as the cause of their episodes of acute pancreatitis.…”
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“…These estimates, with their respective confidence intervals, are questionable and imprecise, considering that in other studies, the specificity ranged from 76% to 86% 39,41 . Perhaps these results occurred because of the small sample of individuals without the disease and the great possibility that the patients examined here would have gallbladder etiology as the cause of their episodes of acute pancreatitis.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Previous studies using EUS to diagnose microlithiasis found sensitivity rates of 95% to 97% 39,41,43 , with a positive predictive value of 100% 43 .…”
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“…Esta abordagem, no grupo de pacientes com pancreatite aguda recurrente idiopática, leva a esclarecimento etiológico na maioria deles (11,24,30,42) .…”
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