This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by Mustafa Hussain during the Masters Biliary: Help! Severe Acute Cholecystitis – How to Recognize, And What To Do! on April 14 2018
Keyword(s): abdominal pain, admission, air, algorithm, antibiotics, anticoagulation, antiplatelet therapy, aspirin, bariatric surgeon, bleeding, CAD, cardiologist, case presentations, cholelithiasis, clopidogrel, comorbidities, complications, contrast, conversion, coronary artery disease, coronary stent, creatinine, CT scan, dehydration, difficult gallbladder, drain, elective cholecystectomy, Eliquis, emergency surgery, febrile, female, gallbladder, gangrenous cholecystitis, inflammation, lap chole, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic surgery, masters biliary, morbidly obese, Murphys sign, National Inpatient Sample, NIS, NSQIP, observation, open cholecystectomy, open surgery, organ dysfunction, percutaneous drainage, peritoneum, plavix, PO, renal insufficiency, resuscitation, sepsis, severe acute cholecystitis, stable, super morbidly obese, tachycardic, Tokyo guidelines, urine, WBC, white blood cell
TG18 flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis Grade III–4:12 J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci 2018
Citations–7:58 JAMA Surg 2015