Open AccessEvaluating Diagnostic Markers to Predict Acute Cholecystitis in Critically Ill Patients Prior to Placement of a Percutaneous Cholecystostomy
Author(s) -
Aisha Shaheen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
hsoa journal of emergency medicine, trauma and surgical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2378-8798
DOI - 10.24966/ets-8798/100018
Subject(s) - medicine , critically ill , acute cholecystitis , intensive care unit , cholecystostomy , cholecystitis , radiology , gallbladder , intensive care medicine , surgery
We evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic markers in identifying acute cholecystitis in critically ill patients with a non-biliary admitting diagnosis. We hypothesize that the “classic” markers of acute cholecystitis including Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ) pain, elevated WBC and gallbladder wall thickening on ultrasound, have low-diagnostic yield in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patient population.