Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- episódio prévio de dor biliar
- dor no quadrante superior direito
- sinal de Murphy positivo
- massa abdominal
Other diagnostic factors
- dor no ombro direito
- anorexia
- náuseas
- febre
- vômitos
- icterícia
Risk factors
- cálculos biliares
- sedentarismo
- baixo consumo de fibras
- doença grave
- trauma
- queimaduras graves
- nutrição parenteral total (NPT)
- diabetes
- ceftriaxona
- ciclosporina
- embolização arterial hepática
- infecções
Diagnostic investigations
1st investigations to order
- Hemograma completo
- proteína C-reativa
- TFHs
- ultrassonografia do quadrante superior direito
Investigations to consider
- colecintigrafia (ácido iminodiacético hepatobiliar [HIDA])
- tomografia computadorizada (TC) abdominal
- ressonância nuclear magnética (RNM) abdominal
- radiografia abdominal
Treatment algorithm
leve (grau I): estável, sem sinais de perfuração/gangrena
moderada (grau II): estável, com sinais de perfuração/gangrena
grave (grau III): suspeita de gangrena/perfuração ou evidência de disfunção orgânica
Contributors
Authors
Charles Bellows, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of New Mexico
School of Medicine
Albuquerque
NM
Disclosures
CB is an author of one study referenced in this topic. CB declares that he has no other competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Satyajit Bhattacharya, LVO, MB, MS, MPhil, FRCS
Consultant Surgeon
HPB Surgery Unit
The Royal London Hospital
London
UK
Disclosures
SB declares that he has no competing interests.
Stefano Guandalini, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital
Chicago
IL
Disclosures
SG declares that he has no competing interests.
References
Key articles
Yokoe M, Hata J, Takada T, et al. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos). J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2018 Jan;25(1):41-54.Full text Abstract
Gomi H, Solomkin JS, Schlossberg D, et al. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2018 Jan;25(1):3-16.Full text Abstract
Mayumi T, Okamoto K, Takada T, et al. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: management bundles for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2018 Jan;25(1):96-100.Full text Abstract
Wakabayashi G, Iwashita Y, Hibi T, et al. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: surgical management of acute cholecystitis: safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis (with videos). J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2018 Jan;25(1):73-86.Full text Abstract
Reference articles
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