2.2. Participants
acute cholecystitis, fractures, cholangitis
ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS, PANCREATITIS, CHOLANGITIS
Inclusion criteria were adults (≥18 years) diagnosed with acute cholecystitis and scheduled for subacute laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Patients with symptoms for a maximum of seven days prior to surgery were eligible for inclusion if informed consent could be obtained. Surgeries were performed between 8 A.M. and 8 P.M. Patients fulfilling the following criteria were excluded: surgery within 30 days of inclusion, circumstances preventing RIPC on the upper extremity (e.g., fractures), simultaneous per operative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (rendezvous ERCP), synchronous cholangitis, synchronous pancreatitis, or pregnancy. Demographic data on all patients, including co-morbidities and daily medications, were collected by research personnel. So were pre- and perioperative data, e.g., vitals, preoperative routine blood samples, perioperative data from the surgeon and anaesthesiologist, and data on the postoperative course. All patients were anaesthetised with propofol and remifentanil. The choice of analgesia was up to the anaesthesiologist in charge. 