title: [AGE-SPECIFIC PECULIARITIES OF CLINICAL PICTURE AND EVOLUTION OF ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS].
abstract: The problem of acute cholecystitis is now becoming ever more urgent bearing in mind a rise in morbidity and poor treatment results especially in elderly patients. Hence, the importance of studying age-specific peculiarities of clinical picture and evolution of this condition. The present study included 1273 patients with acute cholecystitis divided in 2 groups. It was shown that patients of advanced age more frequently suffer complicated cholecystitis. It is concluded that patients aged 60 years and more make up a high-risk group characterized by mildly manifest clinical symptoms and hospitalization at the late stages of the disease.
authors.forename: G Z
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Balayan
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged