SAQ 741 – General Surgery – cholecystitis ultrasound and post-cholecystectomy complications

A 40-year-old woman presents to the ED with right upper quadrant pain.

Despite normal laboratory tests, you still consider acute cholecystitis likely and decide to perform bedside ultrasound.

Ultrasound later confirms cholecystitis and she is admitted for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

List four (4) positive ultrasound findings that suggest cholecystitis.

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Complete the table with two (2) reasons for false positive and two (2) reasons for false negative ultrasound findings specific to cholecystitis.

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</p> <table class="saq-prop-table"> <thead> <tr> <th>False positive</th> <th>False negative</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>1</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>

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List four (4) complications specific to laparoscopic cholecystectomy that could cause ED re-presentation after discharge.

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