Conclusions Emphysematous cholecystitis can present during a treatment of heat stroke. An abdominal X‐ray examination should be performed during treatment of heat stroke in the acute phase regardless of the physical assessment.doi:10.1002/ams2.613Naomasa YoshiyamaHideshi OkadaTakahito MiyakeYuichiro KitagawaShinji OguraJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd...
Emergent cases were defined as those complicated by severe jaundice, or with severe local complications such as biliary peritonitis, abscess, empyema, gangrenous or emphysematous cholecystitis. Major intra-operative complications included subcutaneous emphysema, major bleeding (more than 20% of blood loss...
Cystic artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication of invasive biliary procedures or of acute or chronic cholecystitis and pancreatitis. Emphysematous cholecystitis is an acute inflammatory process of the gallbladder due to gas forming organisms such as Escherichia coli and Clostridium perfringens. We ...
Anaerobes are only isolated in 1% of cultures, however, emphysematous cholecystitis, identified when there is air in the gallbladder wall, is most commonly caused by gas-forming anaerobes [4,51]. Similar isolates are recovered from health care-associated infections with E. coli and Klebsiella spp...