Complications of cholecystitis and/or biliary colic may also include cholangitis, sepsis, pancreatitis, hepatitis, and choledocholithiasis (10%). In addition, Gallbladder perforation occurs in 10% of patients with cholecystitis. When perforation is localized, it may be seen as pericholecystic fluid by ultrasonography.
Half-life is defined as the time it takes for one half of a radioactive element to decay into a daughter isotope. As radioactive isotopes of elements decay, they lose their radio activity and become a brand new element known as a daughter isotope.
Over time, as the number of unstable atoms decreases, the material becomes less radioactive. This time is measured by the âhalf lifeâ of different radioactive elements. This is the amount of time it takes for half of the atoms in a given sample to decay and give off radiation. For example, carbon-14 has a half-life of 5730 years, so after that amount of time, a quantity of 100 atoms of C-14 would have turned into 50 C-14 atoms and 50 Nitrogen-14 atoms.