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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dildar Hussain, MBBS [2]
Overview
Patients with acute cholecystitis usually appear ill.Physical examination of patients with acute cholecystitis is usually remarkable for right upper quadrant abdominal tenderness, positive murphy's sign, and fever.
The presence of murphy's sign on physical examination is highly suggestive of acute cholecystitis.
Physical Examination
- The presence of positive murphy's sign on physical examination is highly suggestive of acute cholecysitis.[1][2]
Appearance of the Patient
- Ill appearing
- In severe distress
Vital Signs
- High-grade fever [3][4]
- Tachycardia with regular pulse.
- Tachypnea
Skin
HEENT
- There are no abnormalities on HEENT examination.
Neck
- There are no abnormalities on neck examination.
Lungs
- Normal Vesicular breath sounds.
Heart
Abdomen
- Abdominal tenderness in the right upper abdominal quadrant.
- Rebound tenderness[6]
- A palpable gall bladder,positive Courvoisier's sign.[7]
- Voluntary and involuntary guarding may be present.[8]
- Murphy test positive.[9]
Back
- There are no abnormalities on back examination.
Genitourinary
- There are no abnormalities genitourinary examination.
Neuromuscular
- Patient is usually oriented to persons, place, and time
- Altered mental status can be observed in some patients.
Extremities
- There are no abnormalities on extremities examination.
References
- ↑ Adedeji OA, McAdam WA (1996). "Murphy's sign, acute cholecystitis and elderly people". J R Coll Surg Edinb. 41 (2): 88–9. PMID 8632396.
- ↑ Diehl AK (1992). "Symptoms of gallstone disease". Baillieres Clin. Gastroenterol. 6 (4): 635–57. PMID 1486206.
- ↑ Singer AJ, McCracken G, Henry MC, Thode HC, Cabahug CJ (1996). "Correlation among clinical, laboratory, and hepatobiliary scanning findings in patients with suspected acute cholecystitis". Ann Emerg Med. 28 (3): 267–72. PMID 8780468.
- ↑ Cooper C (1997). "Acute cholecystitis". Ann Emerg Med. 29 (4): 554–5. PMID 9095024.
- ↑ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]
- ↑ Strasberg SM (2008). "Clinical practice. Acute calculous cholecystitis". N. Engl. J. Med. 358 (26): 2804–11. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp0800929. PMID 18579815.
- ↑ Fitzgerald JE, White MJ, Lobo DN (2009). "Courvoisier's gallbladder: law or sign?". World J Surg. 33 (4): 886–91. doi:10.1007/s00268-008-9908-y. PMID 19190960.
- ↑ Katabathina VS, Zafar AM, Suri R (2015). "Clinical Presentation, Imaging, and Management of Acute Cholecystitis". Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 18 (4): 256–65. doi:10.1053/j.tvir.2015.07.009. PMID 26615166.
- ↑ Jain A, Mehta N, Secko M, Schechter J, Papanagnou D, Pandya S, Sinert R (2017). "History, Physical Examination, Laboratory Testing, and Emergency Department Ultrasonography for the Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis". Acad Emerg Med. 24 (3): 281–297. doi:10.1111/acem.13132. PMID 27862628.