Acute acalculous cholecystitis in hospitalized patients in intensive care unit: study of 5 cases.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) is an inflammation of the gallbladder with no evidence of gallstones. It occurs mostly in patients in intensive care units and is associated with several risk factors (fasting, parenteral nutrition, mechanical ventilation) leading to ischemia of the gallbladder wall.

Methods

This is a retrospective multiple cases study of five cases of AAC in patients hospitalized in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Tahar Sfar Hospital in Mahdia over a 4-year period between January 2016 and December 2020.

Results

The mean age of our patients was 62.5 years (±8) with a male predominance (sex ratio 4/1). The mean Charlson comorbidity index was 4. Four patients were under invasive mechanical ventilation and total parenteral nutrition. Thr

SUBMITTER: Mossaab G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9674906 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature