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The incidence of acute cholecystitis after cardiac surgery is 0.2% to 0.5%, requiring early identification of predictors and aggressive treatment to reduce mortality.
Acute cholecystitis is a rare but highly morbid complication after cardiac surgery, requiring early identification and aggressive treatment to reduce mortality.
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Alerts clinicians to rare but morbid biliary complications after cardiac surgery; leaves open prospective validation of predictors and management.
Cardiac operations are the most common elective procedures currently done. Gastrointestinal complications are rare after cardiac surgery, with high morbidity and mortality rate. The incidence of acute cholecystitis after cardiac surgery is 0.2% to 0.5%. Identification of specific predictors for acute cholecystitis in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery should be attempted early in order to identify at-risk patients and prompt earlier diagnosis and treatment. Early and aggressive treatment in such cases is required if mortality is to be reduced.
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A 2008 study conducted a review in Acute cholecystitis after cardiac surgery. Cardiac surgery was evaluated on Incidence of acute cholecystitis. The incidence of acute cholecystitis after cardiac surgery is 0.2% to 0.5%, requiring early identification of predictors and aggressive treatment to reduce mortality.
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