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Abbreviations

AC:

Acute cholecystitis

FiO2 :

Fraction of inspired oxygen

FOSF:

Favorable organ system failure = cardiovascular or renal organ system failure which is rapidly reversible after admission and before early LC in AC

PaO2 :

Partial oxygen staturation

PC:

Percutaneous cholecystectomy

PT-INR:

Prothormbine time international normalized ratio

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    Arvin Imamovic, Doris Wagner MD, Peter Kornprat, Heinz Bacher, Georg Werkgartner & Hans-Joerg Mischinger

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Imamovic, A., Wagner, D., Kornprat, P. et al. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in critically ill patients. Eur Surg 53, 93–98 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10353-021-00717-9

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