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标题：Is Routine Ultrasound Examination of the Gallbladder Justified in Critical Care Patients?
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作者：Pavlos Myrianthefs ; Efimia Evodia ; Ioanna Vlachou 等
期刊名称：Critical Care Research and Practice
印刷版ISSN：2090-1305
电子版ISSN：2090-1313
出版年度：2012
卷号：2012
DOI：10.1155/2012/565617
出版社：Hindawi Publishing Corporation
摘要：Objective. We evaluated whether routine ultrasound examination may illustrate gallbladder abnormalities, including acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) in the intensive care unit (ICU). Patients and Methods. Ultrasound monitoring of the GB was performed by two blinded radiologists in mechanically ventilated patients irrespective of clinical and laboratory findings. We evaluated major (gallbladder wall thickening and edema, sonographic Murphy’s sign, pericholecystic fluid) and minor (gallbladder distention and sludge) ultrasound criteria. Measurements and Results. We included 53 patients (42 males; mean age 57.6±2.8 years; APACHE II score 21.3±0.9; mean ICU stay 35.9±4.8 days). Twenty-five patients (47.2%) exhibited at least one abnormal imaging finding, while only six out of them had hepatic dysfunction. No correlation existed between liver biochemistry and ultrasound results in the total population. Three male patients (5.7%), on the grounds of unexplained sepsis, were diagnosed with AAC as incited by ultrasound, and surgical intervention was lifesaving. Patients who exhibited ≥2 ultrasound findings (30.2%) were managed successfully under the guidance of evolving ultrasound, clinical, and laboratory findings. Conclusions. Ultrasound gallbladder monitoring guided lifesaving surgical treatment in 3 cases of AAC; however, its routine application is questionable and still entails high levels of clinical suspicion.