4 结果
Study participants meeting inclusion criteria will be enrolled prior to surgery. Once the patient has been seen by one of the Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved study physicians at the initial clinic visit and informed consent has been obtained, pre-study patient-reported outcome (PRO)
The AGIS device consists of two acoustic sensors placed on the abdomen to "hear" all segments of the abdominal cavity. Other sensor configurations are possible as needed. Initial testing of this device was conducted at UCLA and VA-Wadsworth under separate IRB approval; however, at this time, all
Diagnosis: The diagnosis of Alcoholic hepatitis is made by the following criteria (12)
I. Chronic active alcohol abuse - >80 grams in males and > 60 grams in females for > 5 years for developing Alcoholic Cirrhosis (13) Alcohol use will be evaluated with the AUDIT score (EASL guidelines (14) II.
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND METHODS Patient Enrollment: The study population will consist of patients who come to the emergency room with acute abdominal pain and are found to have acute appendicitis on the basis of clinical evaluation and CT of the abdomen/pelvis. At UCSF, such patients are first