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. 2023 Oct 24;23:694. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-04336-9

Table 3.

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

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

* including first-choice antibiotics and the course of treatment