DOI: 10.21276/sasjs.2017.3.9.6

Pages: 257-262

To study the etiology of acute choelecystitis with jaundice and finding its incidence, cause and evaluating various diagnostic methods this study was conducted from 1-1-1998 to 30-06-1999 at department of surgery ST Stephens hospital Delhi. This study assessed the incidence of jaundice in patient with acute cholecystitis .A total of 144 patients with acute cholecystitis out of which 22 patients had clinical or biochemical evidence of jaundice who presented at St Stephens hospital during the above duration were included in this study, Twenty two of them had a clinical jaundice. All the patients were evaluated, with special emphasis to the twenty two, patients who presented with jaundice .Blood and urine samples were taken and sent for various biochemical tests like CBC, RBS, BUN S. createnin, LFT,