TG18 Grade II/III acute calculous cholecystitis
Time-bound collaborative clinical audit

One condition.
Many pathways.
A clearer picture of care.

SnapChole is an international collaborative clinical audit of routine initial management for adults with TG18 Grade II or III acute calculous cholecystitis.

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Consecutive eligible cases · anonymous aggregate reporting
90days

Local audit period
per participating centre

InternationalCollaborative audit across participating services.
ConsecutivePre-specified consecutive case review.
StandardizedCommon TG18 definitions and audit standards.
AggregateAnonymous counts, denominators and summary outcomes.

A shared view of routine care

Each centre reviews what happened in everyday practice using the current SnapChole audit specification. Treatment decisions remain with the treating clinical team.

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Capture the pathway

Review the care delivered

Review initial presentation, management decisions and care delivered from routine records.

Compare real-world care

Describe variation across services

Identify differences in routine care and opportunities for local clinical-governance review.

Report meaningful findings

Support improvement planning

Summarise routine clinical and service-level outcomes alongside pre-specified audit standards.

Current study description: SnapChole clinical audit. The current dated audit specification governs the scope, eligibility, and data collection described on this site. Review the current protocol.
The local workflow

From eligible case to shared learning

  1. 1

    Identify

    Consecutive eligible adults with confirmed TG18 Grade II or III acute calculous cholecystitis.

  2. 2

    Characterize

    Review presentation, initial management, timing, escalation and source-control delivery.

  3. 3

    Complete

    Finish the local 90-day audit period after local classification and governance review.

  4. 4

    Learn

    Use aggregate findings for governance review, improvement planning and, where appropriate, re-audit.

Bring your centre into the collaboration

Join an international collaborative reviewing routine care in acute calculous cholecystitis and supporting local improvement.

Express centre interest
For centres

Interested in taking part?

Start with the centre-interest route and confirm local governance requirements before collecting data.

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For study teams

Review the audit specification

Start with the SnapChole audit specification. Contact the study team if your centre needs help getting started.

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