Cholecystitis (Gallstones)

Report outline:
1. Definition/types/classifications

2. Pathophysiology (schematic diagram) - Jica

3. Clinical manifestations
4. Prevention - Brently
5. Complications
6. Medical/surgical management - Arianne
7. Nursing management -
8. Top 5 nursing problems - Jolly
9. nursing care plans (2) - Keziah and Lyka

Cholecystitis — acute or chronic inflammation causing painful distention of the

gallbladder — is usually associated with a gallstone impacted in the cystic
duct.
Cholecystitis accounts for 10% to 25% of all patients requiring gallbladder
surgery. The acute form is most common among middle-aged women; the
chronic form, among elderly people. The prognosis is good with treatment.

Acute cholecystitis -

Chronic cholecystitis -

Calculous cholecystitis is the cause of more than 90% of cases of acute cholecystitis (Feldman et al.,
2015; Rakel & Rakel, 2015). In calculous cholecystitis, a gallbladder stone obstructs bile outflow.
Acalculous cholecystitis describes acute gallbladder inflammation in the absence of obstruction by
gallstones. Acalculous cholecystitis occurs after major surgical procedures, orthopedic procedures,
severe trauma, or burns.