Acute ascending cholangitis is a biliary tract infection resulting from bile duct obstruction. It carries potential for significant morbidity and mortality and requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. Clinical presentation can range from a mild, self-limited course to a serious, life-threatening condition...
Acute cholangitis is a disease caused by obstruction of biliary flow with secondary infection. It can be caused by a variety of etiologies such as choledocholithiasis, malignancy, strictures, and prior instrumentation. The spectrum of the disease is highly variable from mild infection to systemic se...
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ERCP in patients with predicted severe acute gallstone pancreatitis without cholangitis or common bile duct obstruction cannot be recommended at this time (grade 2B). Discussion A systematic review of seven randomized controlled trials (RCT) comprising 757 participants found no evidence to support routine...
concerns have been raised of study design limitations, lack of pooled sample size with predicted severe AGP, and ERCP timing and technique. In the same meta-analysis, among trials that included patients with cholangitis, the early routine ERCP significantly reduced mortality as well as local and ...
This article discusses the definitions, pathophysiology, and epidemiology of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis. Acute cholangitis and cholecystitis mostl
Feasibility of Urgent Bedside ERCP without Fluoroscopy in the ICU for Patients with Acute Ascending Cholangitis: 857Anastassiades, ConstantinosSalah, WajeehFaulx, AshleyWong, RichardIsenberg, GerardDumot, JohnChak, AmitabhOfficial journal of the American College of Gastroenterology | ACG...
Spontaneous Pylephlebitis of the Portal Vein Mimicking Acute Ascending Cholangitis: A Rare Case: 2263Desai, ParthJaiswal, RadhikaAttar, Bashar M.Jaiswal, PalashkumarJayswal, ManthanYamani, NaserOfficial journal of the American College of Gastroenterology | ACG...
ascending cholangitis, dilated common bile duct, CBDS, and abnormal liver tests; Soltan et al included history of symptomatic disease, abnormal liver tests, dilated common bile duct and presence of CBDS; Sun et al included male sex, abnormal liver test and dilated common bile duct; Sarli et ...