Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of gallbladder disease in the elderly.
The only signs of acute cholecystitis in the elderly may be vague abdominal signs associated with low-grade fever or leukocytosis. Life-threatening complications such as performation and bile peritonitis are more common in the elderly. Emergency surgery may be necessary in the severely compromised patient.
D000368:Aged; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000378:metabolism; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D002784:Cholesterol; D001663:Bilirubin