Acute and chronic cholecystitis (General Surgery EOR - Smarty PANCE) Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct
Acute and chronic cholecystitis (General Surgery EOR - Smarty PANCE) Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct What is the pathogenesis of acute cholecystitis? Obstruction of cystic duct leads to inflammation of the gallbladder; 95% of cases result from calculi, and 5% from acalculous obstruction What are the risk factors for acute cholecystitis? Gallstones What are the signs and symptoms of acute cholecystitis? ● Unrelenting RUQ pain or tenderness ● Fever Nausea/vomiting ● Painful palpable gallbladder in 33% ● Positive Murphy's sign ● Right subscapular pain (referred) ● Epigastric discomfort (referred) What is Murphy's sign? Acute pain and inspiratory arrest elicited by palpation of the RUQ during inspiration What are the complications of acute cholecystitis?
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