Cholecystitis
Cholecystitis I. What every physician needs to know. Until cholecystectomy is performed, acute cholecystitis is a clinical diagnosis. The classic syndrome involves right upper quadrant (RUQ) pain, fever and leukocytosis, which is caused by inflammation and/or infection of the gallbladder. Although obstruction of the cystic duct is often associated, it is not synonymous with cholecystitis.…