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Acute Cholecystitis: A Review.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2022
Importance Gallbladder disease affects approximately 20 million people in the US. Acute cholecystitis is diagnosed in approximately 200 000 people in the US each year.
J. Gallaher, A. Charles
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Permanent endoscopic gallbladder stenting versus removal of gallbladder drainage, long‐term outcomes after management of acute cholecystitis in high‐risk surgical patients for cholecystectomy: Multi‐center retrospective cohort study

Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences, 2021
Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage (EGBD) has been reported as an effective gallbladder drainage treatment option for acute cholecystitis in high‐risk surgical patients.
Akinori Maruta, T. Iwashita, K. Iwata, Kensaku Yoshida, S. Uemura, Tsuyoshi Mukai, I. Yasuda, M. Shimizu   +7 more
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Endosonography-guided gallbladder drainage versus percutaneous cholecystostomy in very high-risk surgical patients with acute cholecystitis: an international randomised multicentre controlled superiority trial (DRAC 1)

Gut, 2020
Objective The optimal management of acute cholecystitis in patients at very high risk for cholecystectomy is uncertain. The aim of the current study was to compare endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) to percutaneous ...
A. Teoh, M. Kitano, T. Itoi, M. Pérez-Miranda, T. Ogura, S. Chan, C. Serna-Higuera, Shunsuke Omoto, R. Torres-Yuste, Takayoshi Tsuichiya, K. Wong, C. Leung, P. Chiu, E. Ng, J. Lau   +14 more
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Acute cholecystitis

Current Treatment Options in Gastroenterology, 1999
Patients with a diagnosis of acute cholecystitis need to be hospitalized, with surgery (ie, cholecystectomy) being the treatment of choice. While hospitalized, they should be treated with intravenous hydration and with intravenous antibiotics covering enteric organisms. They should receive nothing by mouth and may require a nasogastric tube if ileus is
Eneya Mulagha, Hans Fromm
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Risk Prediction in Acute Calculous Cholecystitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prognostic Factors and Predictive Models.

Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A, 2020
Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the main treatment of acute cholecystitis. Although considered relatively safe, it carries 6%-9% risk of major complications and 0.1%-1% risk of mortality.
A. Tufo, M. Pisano, L. Ansaloni, P. D. de Reuver, K. V. van Laarhoven, B. Davidson, K. Gurusamy   +6 more
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Acute Cholecystitis

Surgical Clinics of North America, 1988
Acute cholecystitis is a common cause of the acute abdomen. The diagnosis has been distinctly improved with the development of ultrasonography and hepatobiliary scanning over the past 20 years. The treatment is cholecystectomy, with early as opposed to delayed operation gaining increasing popularity nationwide.
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Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 2003
Acute cholecystitis can develop without gallstones in critically ill or injured patients. However, the development of acute acalculous cholecystitis is not limited to surgical or injured patients, or even to the intensive care unit. Diabetes, malignant disease, abdominal vasculitis, congestive heart failure, cholesterol embolization, and shock or ...
Philip S, Barie, Soumitra R, Eachempati
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