International guidelines

United Kingdom

Pathway for the management of acute gallstone diseases

Published by:Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland

Last published:2015

Gallstone disease: diagnosis and management

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2014

Europe

Surgeon-performed point-of-care ultrasound for acute cholecystitis: indications and limitations

Published by:European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Last published:2020

North America

ACR appropriateness criteria: right upper quadrant pain

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2022

ACR-SPR practice parameter for the performance of hepatobiliary scintigraphy

Published by:American College of Radiology and Society for Pediatric Radiology

Last published:2021

ACR appropriateness criteria: acute (nonlocalized) abdominal pain

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2018

ACR appropriateness criteria: jaundice

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2018

SAGES guidelines for the clinical application of laparoscopic biliary tract surgery

Published by:Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

Last published:2010

Asia

Tokyo Guidelines 2018: management strategies for gallbladder drainage in patients with acute cholecystitis (with videos)

Published by:Tokyo Guidelines Revision Committee

Last published:2018

Tokyo guidelines 2018: surgical management of acute cholecystitis: safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis (with videos)

Published by:Tokyo Guidelines Revision Committee

Last published:2018

Tokyo guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis

Published by:Tokyo Guidelines Revision Committee

Last published:2018

Tokyo guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis (with videos)

Published by:Tokyo Guidelines Revision Committee

Last published:2018

Tokyo guidelines 2018: antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis

Published by:Tokyo Guidelines Revision Committee

Last published:2018

Tokyo guidelines 2018: management bundles for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis

Published by:Tokyo Guidelines Revision Committee

Last published:2018

Rest of the world

2020 World Society of Emergency Surgery updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute calculus cholecystitis

Published by:World Society of Emergency Surgery

Last published:2020

2017 WSES and SICG guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis in elderly population

Published by:World Society of Emergency Surgery; Italian Surgical Society for Elderly

Last published:2017

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