title: Bile peritonitis in acute cholecystitis.
abstract: In a series of 20 patients with bile peritonitis seen during a 15-year period, 15 were men and 5 women, with an average of 72 years. They represented 1.8% of 1123 patients with acute cholecystitis admitted during the same period. Three patients were not operated upon and all died, while 5 of 17 operated patients died. The high mortality rate is due to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. Early operative treatment of acute cholecystitis should be resorted to whenever possible.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001646:Bile; D001831:Body Temperature; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice; D007964:Leukocytosis; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011674:Pulse; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous