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González-Castillo AM, Sancho-Insenser J, De Miguel-Palacio M, Morera-Casaponsa JR, Membrilla-Fernández E, Pons-Fragero MJ, Pera-Román M, Grande-Posa L. Mortality risk estimation in acute calculous cholecystitis: beyond the Tokyo Guidelines. World J Emerg Surg 2021; 16:24. [PMID: 33975601 PMCID: PMC8111736 DOI: 10.1186/s13017-021-00368-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) is the second most frequent surgical condition in emergency departments. The recommended treatment is the early laparoscopic cholecystectomy; however, the Tokyo Guidelines (TG) advocate for different initial treatments in some subgroups of patients without a strong evidence that all patients will benefit from them. There is no clear consensus in the literature about who is the unfit patient for surgical treatment. The primary aim of the study is to identify the risk factors for mortality in ACC and compare them with Tokyo Guidelines (TG) classification. METHODS Retrospective unicentric cohort study of patients emergently admitted with and ACC during 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2016. The study comprised 963 patients. Primary outcome was the mortality after the diagnosis. A propensity score method was used to avoid confounding factors comparing surgical treatment and non-surgical treatment. RESULTS The overall mortality was 3.6%. Mortality was associated with older age (68 + IQR 27 vs. 83 + IQR 5.5; P = 0.001) and higher Charlson Comorbidity Index (3.5 + 5.3 vs. 0+2; P = 0.001). A logistic regression model isolated four mortality risk factors (ACME): chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (OR 4.66 95% CI 1.7-12.8 P = 0.001), dementia (OR 4.12; 95% CI 1.34-12.7, P = 0.001), age > 80 years (OR 1.12: 95% CI 1.02-1.21, P = 0.001) and the need of preoperative vasoactive amines (OR 9.9: 95% CI 3.5-28.3, P = 0.001) which predicted the mortality in a 92% of the patients. The receiver operating characteristic curve yielded an area of 88% significantly higher that 68% (P = 0.003) from the TG classification. When comparing subgroups selected using propensity score matching with the same morbidity and severity of ACC, mortality was higher in the non-surgical treatment group. (26.2% vs. 10.5%). CONCLUSIONS Mortality was higher in ACC patients treated with non-surgical treatment. ACME identifies high-risk patients. The validation to ACME with a prospective multicenter study population could allow us to create a new alternative guideline to TG for treating ACC. TRIAL REGISTRATION Retrospectively registered and recorded in Clinical Trials. NCT04744441.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ana María González-Castillo
- Department of Surgery, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 25-29, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.
- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Surgery, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 25-29, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 25-29, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 25-29, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 25-29, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Surgery, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 25-29, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- General Surgery Department, Hospital del Mar, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
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Koliou MG, Kakourou T, Richter J, Christodoulou C, Soteriades ES. Mycoplasma pneumoniae as a cause of vulvar ulcers in a non-sexually active girl: a case report. J Med Case Rep 2017; 11:187. [PMID: 28688453 PMCID: PMC5502080 DOI: 10.1186/s13256-017-1345-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Non-sexually active young females very rarely develop genital ulcers. Such ulcers pose a diagnostic challenge as well as physical and emotional distress for patients and family; therefore, the search for their etiology requires exhaustive investigation. Several viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus have been associated with this entity; however, Mycoplasma pneumoniae has rarely been linked to such ulcers in the literature. We present a case of vulvar ulcers in a non-sexually active young girl during the course of pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. CASE PRESENTATION A 10-year-old non-sexually active girl of cypriot origin presented at a hospital with fever, dry cough, and acute vulvar ulcers. Laboratory investigations as well as imaging studies revealed Mycoplasma pneumoniae as the cause of her pneumonia and acute vulvar ulcers. CONCLUSIONS Although a rare cause of vulvar ulcers, Mycoplasma pneumoniae should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute vulvar ulcers coexisting with respiratory symptoms.
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- Maria G. Koliou
- Department of Paediatrics, Archbishop Makarios III Hospital, Strovolos, Nicosia Cyprus
- University of Cyprus, School of Medicine, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Cyprus Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- First Pediatric Department, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Molecular Virology, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Molecular Virology, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Cyprus Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Nicosia, Cyprus
- Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology (EOME), Boston, USA
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