Gangrenous cholecystitis can be a serious condition that needs to be treated aggressively.
Prognostic factors in a patient with gangrenous cholecystitis:
(1) delay in surgery (based on time between onset of symptoms and time of surgery)
(2) sepsis
(3) low white blood cell count (< 4,000 per µL)
(4) elevated serum liver function tests (AST, ALT, total bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase)
(5) advanced age
(6) pericholecystic fluid collection on ultrasonography
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Specialty: Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology
