Assessment & Management of Acute Cholecystitis
Version History
Version | Status | Date | Editor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1.0 | Final | 14th December 2016 | Guidelines Team | Final version for publication. |
1.1 | Updated Final | 19th March 2017 | Guidelines Team | Minor updates to Section 2. |
2.0 | Updated Final | 19th September 2019 | Guidelines Team | Updated version for publication. |
Citation
Suggested citation style:
Ministry of Public Health Qatar. National Clinical Guideline: Assessment and Management of Acute Cholecystitis (2019).
Abbreviations
The abbreviations used in this guideline are as follows:
APACHE II - Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation scoring system
ASA-PS - American Society of Anesthesiologists - Physical Status Classification
CBC - Complete blood count
CCI - Charlson Comorbidity Index
CT - Computed tomography scan
ERCP - Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography
MRCP - Magnetic resonance cholangio-pancreatography
NSAIDs - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
PT-INR - Prothrombin time - International Normalised Ratio
PTGD - Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage
Tc-HIDA - Technetium Hepatobiliary Iminodiacetic Acid scan
1 - Information About This Guideline
1.1 Objective and Purpose of the Guideline
