Acute calculous cholecystitis

Steven M. Strasberg

doi:10.1056/NEJMcp0800929

Acute calculous cholecystitis

Steven M. Strasberg

Department of Surgery

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Abstract

A 42-year-old woman presents with severe pain in the right upper quadrant, which started 15 hours earlier. She has had episodic pain in that location previously that lasted up to 2 hours. She has had one episode of vomiting with the current attack. Her temperature is 38.5°C, and the heart rate is 95 beats per minute. How should her condition be evaluated and treated?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2804
Number of pages	1
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	358
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcp0800929
State	Published - Jun 26 2008

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