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Acalculous cholecystitis is an inflammation of the gallbladder in the absence of gall stones.¹ It is a rare disorder most commonly seen in critically ill people.² Acalculous cholecystitis occurs in about 5% to 10% of all cases of cholecystitis.³

Fast Facts:

• -- Caused by various long standing conditions including sickle cell disease, diabetes and AIDS.⁴
• -- Immediate causes of acalculous cholecystitis include burns, severe trauma, and pancreatitis.⁵
• -- Standard treatment is surgery.⁶

5 Great Resources on Acalculous Cholecystitis

• UpToDate: Acalculous Cholecystitis
• BrighamRAD: Acalculous Cholecystitis | Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis
• MeditLine: Case Report: Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis - A Rare Complication of Burn Injury: A Case Report
• Merck Manuals: Acute Acalulous Cholecystitis
• eMedicine: Cholecystitis, Acalculous

Latest Headlines on Acalculous Cholecystitis

• More Acalculous Cholecystitis News from MedWorm

What is Acalculous Cholecystitis?

• Answers.com: Acalculous Cholecystitis
• Oxbridge Solutions Ltd (via GP Notebook): Acalculous Cholecystitis
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (via HealthAtoZ): Gallstones: Definitions

What are the Symptoms of Acalculous Cholecystitis?

• Merck Manuals: Signs and Symptoms: Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis
• Wikipedia: Cholecystitis: Symptoms
• eMedicine: Acalculous Cholecystitis: Clinical

What are the Causes and Complications of Acalculous Cholecystitis?

• Healthwise (via WebMD): Cholecystitis: What Causes Cholecystitis?
• Vesalius: Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis: Epidemiology and Risk Factors
• MeditLine: Case Report: Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis - A Rare Complication of Burn Injury: A Case Report

What are the Treatments and Medications for Acalculous Cholecystitis?

• Vesalius: Acute Acalulous Cholecystitis: Diagnosis and Treatment
• American Academy of Family Physicians: How Should Biliary Colic Without Stone Be Treated?
• Merck Manuals: Cholecystitis: Treatment

What are the Types, Stages and Survival Rates of Acalculous Cholecystitis?

• eMedicine: Acalculous Cholecystitis: Mortality/Morbidity | Cholecystitis, Acalculous: Mortality/Morbidity
• Answers.com: Cholecystitis: Prognosis

Wisdom, Blogs, and Message Boards about Acalculous Cholecystitis

• MedHelp: Acalculous Cholecystitis Diagnosis
• eHealthForum: Acalculous Cholecystitis
• Internal Medicine: Cholecystitis
• The International Blog of Surgery: Acute Calculous Cholecystitis
• HealthBoards: Gall Bladder Pain

Foundations and Support Groups on Acalculous Cholecystitis

• AGA: American Gastroenterological Association
• NDDIC: National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
• NIDDK: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Acalculous Cholecystitis

• Google Scholar: Acalculous Cholecystitis Articles
• JAMA: Archive of Acalculous Cholecystitis Articles
• PubMed Central: List of Acalculous Cholecystitis Articles

Clinical Trials on Acalculous Cholecystitis

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Acalculous Cholecystitis Clinical Trials

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• Pancreatic Abscess
• Abdominal Pain

GuideWisdom and Fast Facts References

1. ↑ Oxbridge Solutions Ltd (via GP Notebook): Acalculous Cholecystitis
2. ↑ Healthwise (via WebMD): Cholecystitis: What Causes Cholecystitis?
3. ↑ Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine (via HealthAtoZ): Gallstones: Definitions
4. ↑ Vesalius: Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis
5. ↑ MeditLine: Case Report: Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis: A Rare Complication of Burn Injury: A Case Report: Introduction
6. ↑ Dr.Koop: Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease - Surgery

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