Should acute cholecystitis be operated in the 24 h following symptom onset?
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, for acute cholecystitis, during the first 24 h of onset of symptoms, significantly reduced conversion to open surgery and total hospital stay without increasing postoperative complications.
DEC from preeclamptic women do not have reduced NO production and respond normally to shear stress by increasing cGMP and PGI2 production. Our results are consistent with other reports of equal or higher NO levels in preeclampsia and indicate that reduced NO production by endothelial cells is not the explanation for the vasoconstriction of uterine vessels.