[The significance of acalculous cholecystitis in prolonged respiratory failure in severely burned patients].
Acalculous cholecystitis is a very rare complication in severely burned patients. The correlation between acalculous cholecystitis and the development of a protracted pulmonary failure is demonstrated in 5 patients. Marked improvement of pulmonary function was achieved by cholecystectomy in all patients.
Hebebrand
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Klinik für Plast. Chirurgie, Schwerstverbranntenzentrum Klinikum Köln-Merheim.
Germann
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Stuttmann
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Spilker
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D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy