Acute infection and inflammation of the extrahepatic biliary system caused by partial or complete obstruction of the biliary tree, most commonly by gallstones migrating into the comm...
Diagnosis of acute cholangitis is made based on a combination of clinical signs and symptoms, laboratory results and imaging findings.
The diagnostic criteria for acute cholangitis in the 201...
Treatment includes a combination of antibiotic therapy, biliary decompression, and management of underlying etiology if possible.
Empiric antibiotic therapy should be started as soon as possi...
Lyu Y, Wang B, Ye S, et al. Impact of the timing of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for the treatment of acute cholangitis: a meta-analysis and systematic ...
Charcot triad (fever, jaundice, and RUQ pain) is seen in 40–70% of cases and has low sensitivity but high specificity for ascending cholangitis.
Obstruction due to malignancy (Courvoisi...
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