Colecistitis aguda alitiasica

Autor: Eva Nilsen V, Tomas Oksenberg R, Fernando Urra G
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Revista chilena de pediatría v.67 n.3 1996
SciELO Chile
CONICYT Chile
instacron:CONICYT
Popis: A four year old patient with known sick'e cell-lhalasseTiic anemia (a seldom seen d sease in Chile) and frequent severe infections (including meningitis, pneumonic, acute diarrhea crd acute oMis media) came 'o t"e emergency room a couple of weeks after a" acute resp.rarorv disease, because of fever,, acu'e abdo.Ti'nal pain, signs of peritoneal 'rritation and periphe'al e leva tec white blcoc cell counts. At abdominal ulrasonocrapy a bigger than normal, distended and dilated gallbladder was seen A cholecystectomy was done and the diagnosis of acalculous cholecystitis was sjrgically crd histologically comfirmed while bacteriae were not isc a ted from bile cultures. Cholecystitis was thoughto be probably secondary to cystic djct external compression oy an enlarged mese^teric lymph node. Appropriate managemen; of these patents incljdes intravenous fluids, blood transfjssions as needed, adecuate control of termo environment, body temperature and oxigenaticn and antimicrobial drugs to protect them against the ris^s of sepsis, hemolyt'C and throrrbcric cornp icatio.ns *o which 'hey ore frequently suo'ected.
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