ALLMedicine™ Acute Cholangitis Center

Aug 21st, 2020 - Little is known about the outcomes of elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with severe acute cholangitis (SAC). The objectives were to describe the 6-month mortality in patients with SAC ≥75 years and to identify factors asso...

Aug 21st, 2020 - There have been strong suggestions that acute inflammation promotes tumour growth, and has a tendency for increased invasiveness, leading to poor survival after surgery. When cholangitis coexists with ampulla of vater cancer, the patient's prognos...

Jul 2nd, 2020 - Guidelines recommend early endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for the management of acute cholangitis, but the definition of the term "early" remains debatable. This study analyzed national trends in the timing of endoscopic retrograde...

Jun 10th, 2020 - Introduction and Objective Acute cholangitis is a life-threatening condition. The early initiation of antibiotic therapy significantly impacts on the course of disease. Only few data are available on distribution and resistance-profiles of bile-pa...

Jun 8th, 2020 - Sepsis is a common complication of acute cholangitis (AC), which is associated with a high mortality rate. Our study is aimed at exploring the significance of white blood cell (WBC), C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), soluble triggerin...

May 5th, 2019 - Biliary obstruction is a serious condition that can occur in the setting of both benign and malignant pathologies. In the setting of acute cholangitis, biliary decompression can be lifesaving; for patients with cancer who are receiving chemotherap...

Jan 23rd, 2013 - Since its publication in 2007, the Tokyo Guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis (TG07) have been widely adopted. The validation of TG07 conducted in terms of clinical practice has shown that the diagnostic criteria fo...

Jan 23rd, 2013 - Therapy with appropriate antimicrobial agents is an important component in the management of patients with acute cholangitis and/or acute cholecystitis. In the updated Tokyo Guidelines (TG13), we recommend antimicrobial agents that are suitable fr...

Jan 11th, 2013 - Since the publication of the Tokyo Guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis (TG07), diagnostic criteria and severity assessment criteria for acute cholangitis have been presented and extensively used as the primary stan...

Jan 11th, 2013 - Bundles that define mandatory items or procedures to be performed in clinical practice have been increasingly used in guidelines in recent years. Observance of bundles enables improvement of the prognosis of target diseases as well as guideline pr...

Aug 21st, 2020 - Little is known about the outcomes of elderly patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with severe acute cholangitis (SAC). The objectives were to describe the 6-month mortality in patients with SAC ≥75 years and to identify factors asso...

Aug 21st, 2020 - There have been strong suggestions that acute inflammation promotes tumour growth, and has a tendency for increased invasiveness, leading to poor survival after surgery. When cholangitis coexists with ampulla of vater cancer, the patient's prognos...

Jul 2nd, 2020 - Guidelines recommend early endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for the management of acute cholangitis, but the definition of the term "early" remains debatable. This study analyzed national trends in the timing of endoscopic retrograde...

Jun 10th, 2020 - Introduction and Objective Acute cholangitis is a life-threatening condition. The early initiation of antibiotic therapy significantly impacts on the course of disease. Only few data are available on distribution and resistance-profiles of bile-pa...

Jun 8th, 2020 - Sepsis is a common complication of acute cholangitis (AC), which is associated with a high mortality rate. Our study is aimed at exploring the significance of white blood cell (WBC), C-reactive protein (CRP), procalcitonin (PCT), soluble triggerin...