The Relationship Between Diabeteus Mellitus And Acalculous Cholestitis
Among Elderly Patients
Abstract
Abstract Background:The clinical picture of acute acalculous
cholecystitis can be observed in a wide range from mild lesions to a
degree threatening the patient’s life due to serious complications.In
this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between patients
with acalculous cholecystitis and diabetes mellitus (DM) that has
serious complications. Methods:The demographic varibles of patients such
as age, gender along with blood tests, were gathered from 110 patients
were gathered. The acalculus cholecystitis patients were divided into
two groups of DM (DM+) and non DM (DM-) acalculus cholecystitis
patients. Descriptive statistics for numerical variables were presented
as mean, standard deviation, median, min-max values. Non-parametric test
procedures were conducted for on non-normally distributed data. In this
context, the non-parametric alternative of the independent sample
t-test, the Mann-Whitney U test, was used to determine the the
difference between means of each group. Perason correlation analysis was
used to test the correlation between continuous variables and chi-square
analysis was performed to evaluate the relationship between categorical
data. Results: The overall analyses revealed that there was a positive
correlation between CRP and AST, CRP and ALT, CRP and GGT, ALT and GGT
in DM+ patients. The results also indicated that gender is not a
significant factor for the relationship between DM and acalculous
cholecystitis. Conclusions: It can be said that advanced age and the
presence of DM increase the risk of acalculous cholecystitis and blood
parameters used to show the presence of infection. Furthermore,
deterioration in liver function tests increases more in DM patients.