Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis

BACKGROUND Morbidity and mortality are very high for critically ill patients who develop acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC… Expand

Acute acalculous cholecystitis (ACC) can develop with or without gallstones after surgery and in critically ill or injured… Expand

Background:  Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is a serious complication of critical illness. We evaluated the underlying… Expand

Background Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) tends to have a fulminant course and be associated with critically ill diseases… Expand

Dengue fever (DF) with acute acalculous cholecystitis is rarely reported. To investigate the incidence, treatment, and prognosis… Expand

Acute cholecystitis can develop without gallstones in critically ill or injured patients. However, the development of acute… Expand

Background Acute acalculous cholecystitis is a well recognized complication of many acute illnesses. Ischaemia of the gallbladder… Expand

The clinical and laboratory diagnosis of acute acalculous cholecystitis is difficult, and the reliability of various diagnostic… Expand

Nine cases of acute acalculous cholecystitis were diagnosed in the surgical intensive care unit at Hartford Hospital during a 2… Expand

Acute acalculous cholecystitis was observed to increase in frequency between 1950 and 1979, an increase that was statistically… Expand