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Incidence and risk factors of acute cholecystitis after cardiovascular surgery

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Objectives

Acute cholecystitis is a complication in critically ill patients. However, a few studies have described its incidence, risk factors, and mortality in patients who underwent cardiovascular surgery. We investigated the incidence, perioperative predictors, and clinical features of acute cholecystitis after cardiovascular surgery.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study examined 7013 patients who underwent cardiovascular surgery between October 2000 and March 2019 at a tertiary care hospital. We collected preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative data from our database and electronic medical records. The primary outcome was the incidence of postoperative cholecystitis until hospital discharge. A multivariable logistic regression analysis to estimate perioperative predictors of acute cholecystitis was conducted. We described the clinical characteristics of patients complicated with acute cholecystitis.

Results

Among the 7013 patients, 51 (0.7%) developed acute cholecystitis. Logistic regression analysis found that circulatory arrest (odds ratio [OR] 1.97; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04–3.74; P = 0.037) and intraoperative massive transfusion (OR 2.03; 95% CI 1.03–4.01; P = 0.041) were associated with the incidences of cholecystitis. In-hospital mortality was significantly higher in the cholecystitis group than in the non-cholecystitis group (13.7% vs 3.9%, P = 0.004). Aortic disease was more frequent in the cholecystitis group (54.9% vs 38.6%, P = 0.021). The median time of acute cholecystitis onset from surgery was 12.5 days (interquartile range 7.0–27.75). Twenty-six patients (51.0%) developed asymptomatic cholecystitis.

Conclusions

Approximately 1% of patients who underwent cardiovascular surgery developed postoperative cholecystitis; half of them were asymptomatic. Since cholecystitis is associated with high mortality, it is a complication after cardiovascular surgery that needs to be considered.

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  1. Emergency and Critical Care Center, Kurashiki Central Hospital, 1-1-1, Miwa, Kurashiki, Okayama, 710-8602, Japan

    Jun Kamei & Akira Kuriyama

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kurashiki Central Hospital, 1-1-1, Miwa, Kurashiki, Okayama, 710-8602, Japan

    Takeshi Shimamoto & Tatsuhiko Komiya

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Kamei, J., Kuriyama, A., Shimamoto, T. et al. Incidence and risk factors of acute cholecystitis after cardiovascular surgery. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 70, 611–618 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-021-01751-w

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