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Synchronous presentation of acute acalculous cholecystitis and appendicitis: a case report [PDF]
Introduction Acute acalculous cholecystitis is traditionally associated with elderly or critically ill patients. Case presentation We present the case of an otherwise healthy 23-year-old Caucasian man who presented with acute right-sided abdominal pain ...
Sahebally Shaheel M+3 more
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With the progression of acute cholecystitis, antimicrobial therapy becomes important for infection control. Current antibiotic recommendations were mostly based on reports of patients with acute cholangitis whose bile specimens were sampled from the ...
Suk-Won Suh+6 more
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Synchronous acute appendicitis and acute cholecystitis, is it a myth or reality? A literature review
Fatemah Buhamed,1 Maged Edward,2 Abdullah Shuaib21Department of General Surgery, Mubarak Al-kabeer Hospital, Kuwait, Kuwait; 2Department of General Surgery, Mubarak Al-kabeer Hospital, Kuwait, KuwaitAbstract: Acute appendicitis and acute cholecystitis ...
Buhamed F, Edward M, Shuaib A
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Incidence of acute cholecystitis underwent cholecystectomy in incident dialysis patients: a nationwide population-based cohort study in Korea [PDF]
Background Patients on dialysis have numerous gastrointestinal problems related to uremia, which may represent concealed cholecystitis. We investigated the incidence and risk of acute cholecystitis in dialysis patients and used national health insurance ...
Hanlim Choi+5 more
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Surgical treatment of patients with acute cholecystitis: Tokyo Guidelines [PDF]
Cholecystectomy has been widely performed in the treatment of acute cholecystitis, and laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been increasingly adopted as the method of surgery over the past 15 years.
A Brodsky+53 more
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<b><i>Background:</i></b> The treatment of acute cholecystitis has been controversially discussed in the literature as there are no high-evidence-level data yet for determining the optimal point in time for surgical intervention. So far, the laparoscopic removal of the gallbladder within 72 h has been the most preferred approach
Schuld, Jochen, Glanemann, Matthias
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Objectives. Usual predisposing factors of acute acalculous cholecystitis are critical conditions, prolonged fasting, parenteral nutrition, sepsis.
Vladimir Hotineanu+5 more
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