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Table 3 Ultrasound, CT and treatment findings in the 10 older patients with hip fracture complicated with acute cholecystitis

From: Cholecystitis in older patients following hip fracture: a case series and literature review

Case

Abdominal ultrasound

Abdominal CT

Grade classification

Treatment *

Other acute complications

Transfer status/prognosis

Gallbladder enlargement

Wall thickening/irritability

Gallstone

Others

Gallbladder enlargement

Wall thickening/irritability

Gallstone

Others

1

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

2

Parenteral nutrition

Cefotaxime Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium ivgtt 10 days

 

No/discharged

2

Yes

No

Yes

Gallbladder fossa effusion

Yes

No

Yes

No

2

Cholecystostomy

Fasting and water deprivation

Parenteral nutrition

Levofloxacin ivgtt 10 days

Acute cerebral infarction

General surgery-ICU-neurology department/discharged

3

    

No

Yes

No

No

2

Cefotaxime Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium ivgtt 3 days

Lower GI hemorrhage

No/discharged

4

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Perihepatic effusion

2

Fasting and water deprivation

Parenteral nutrition

Cefotaxime Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium ivgtt 7 days

Incomplete intestinal obstruction

Geriatrics department/discharged

5

Yes

Yes

Yes

Calculus of upper segment of extrahepatic bile duct

Yes

No

Yes

No

2

Biliary drainage

Fasting and water deprivation

Parenteral nutrition

Cefotaxime Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium ivgtt 6 days

Acute obstructive jaundice

ICU-another hospital for continued treatment of cholecystitis/discharged

6

Yes

No

No

No

    

2

Cefotaxime Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium ivgtt 6 days

Deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities

Vascular surgery department (retrievable inferior vena cava filter removal)/discharged

7

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Gallbladder fossa effusion

2

Fasting and water deprivation

Parenteral nutrition

Moxifloxacin ivgtt 8 days

 

ICU/discharged

8

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

Choledocholithiasis

3

Biliary drainage

Fasting and water deprivation

Parenteral nutrition

Imipenem and cilastatin sodium ivgtt 8 days

Acute cholangitis

ICU/died

9

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

2

Fasting and water deprivation

Parenteral nutrition

Imipenem and cilastatin sodium ivgtt 6 days

 

No/discharged

10

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

    

1

Cefotaxime Sodium and Sulbactam Sodium ivgtt 7 days

 

No/discharged

  1. * including first-choice antibiotics and the course of treatment