COVID-19 with acute cholecystitis: a case report
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020 Background The 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) presents a major threat to public health and has rapidly spread worldwide since the outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in 2019.
Mingliang Ying +8 more
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Mendelian randomization rules out the causal relationship between serum lipids and cholecystitis
BMC Medical Genomics, 2021 Background The relationship between serum lipids and cholecystitis is still under investigation. To examine the causal effect of serum lipids on cholecystitis using the Mendelian randomization method.
Hongqun Yang +9 more
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Acute Jaundice in a Six-year-old: An Unusual Presentation of Atypical Kawasaki Disease [PDF]
, 2020 Kawasaki disease (KD) is a rare vasculitis of childhood that is critical to recognize and treat due to associated morbidity and mortality. A six-year-old male presented to our emergency department (ED) afebrile but with reported recent fevers.
Bylund, LCDR William +2 more
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Endoscopy, 2019 Background Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage (ETGBD) and endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUSGBD) are alternatives to percutaneous gallbladder drainage (PCGBD) for patients with acute cholecystitis who are unfit for surgery.
B. Mohan +6 more
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How to treat remnant cholecystitis after subtotal cholecystectomy: two case reports
Surgical Case Reports, 2021 Background Subtotal cholecystectomy in patients with severe acute cholecystitis is considered a “bailout” option when the safety of the bile duct cannot be guaranteed. However, subtotal cholecystectomy has a long-term risk of remnant cholecystitis.
Taisei Teshima +10 more
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Diagnosis of pancreatic disease in feline platynosomosis [PDF]
, 2017 Objectives: Platynosomum species are cat-specific parasitic trematodes that parasitize the biliary ducts and gall bladder. Due to the common connection to the major duodenal papilla of the pancreas and common bile ducts in addition to the periductal ...
Illanes, Oscar +4 more
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Bacterial Cholangitis, Cholecystitis, or both in Dogs [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Bacterial cholangitis and cholecystitis are rarely reported, poorly characterized diseases in the dog. OBJECTIVES: To characterize the clinical features of these conditions.
Allenspach, K +10 more
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Do I Need to Operate on That in the Middle of the Night? Development of a Nomogram for the Diagnosis of Severe Acute Cholecystitis [PDF]
, 2018 Background Some authors have proposed different predictive factors of severe acute cholecystitis, but generally, the results of risk analyses are expressed as odds ratios, which makes it difficult to apply in the clinical practice of the acute care ...
Andreotti, Dario +7 more
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Prognostic value of preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio for prediction of severe cholecystitis [PDF]
Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2018 Background: The predictive value of preoperative neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in patients with cholecystitis has not been established. The aim of this study was to investigate preoperative NLR in patients with cholecystitis and to identify a ...
Micić Dušan +4 more
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A 51-year-old female presenting with shock due to hemorrhagic cholecystitis
Radiology Case Reports, 2020 : Hemorrhagic cholecystitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain that can have dire consequences. We report a case of hemorrhagic cholecystitis in a 51-year-old female presenting as shock and abdominal pain. The patient was transported to the emergency room.
Max K.H. Yam, MBChB, FRCR +3 more
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