Gastroenterology · UKMLA & AKT
Cholecystitis
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Acalculous cholecystitis - critically ill patients; bile stasis from fasting, opioids, sepsis, shock; accounts for 5-10% of all acute cholecystitis
The 4 Fs: Fat (BMI >30), Female, Fertile (pregnancy), Forty (risk rises with age)
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