General Surgery
Acute Cholecystitis
Tokyo guidelines — severity grading, antibiotic selection, and timing of cholecystectomy
Source: Tokyo Guidelines 2018
Step 1 of ~8
info
Acute Cholecystitis
Murphy's sign, fever, RUQ pain + USS showing: thickened gallbladder wall (>4 mm), pericholecystic fluid, stones/sludge. WBC elevated.
Related
Curated clinical cross-links plus same-class fallbacks.
Drugs
- Glyceryl Trinitrate (Sublingual / IV) · Nitrate / Acute Angina
- Dobutamine (Acute HF / Stress Echo) · Inotrope / Acute Heart Failure
- Milrinone · Inodilator / Acute Heart Failure
- Doxycycline 100mg (Acne / Rosacea) · Oral tetracycline antibiotic (anti-acne / anti-rosacea)
- Lymecycline 408mg (Acne) · Oral tetracycline antibiotic (anti-acne)
- Erythromycin 2% Topical · Topical macrolide antibiotic (anti-acne)
Decision support only. Always apply local guidelines and clinical judgement.