ALLMedicine™ Acute Cholangitis Center

Nov 26th, 2021 - Acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) is the second most frequent surgical condition in emergency departments, the complication rate of ACC is 8-20%, and the mortality rate is 0.5-6% in recent series. The Tokyo Guidelines (TG) advocate for different...

Nov 23rd, 2021 - Infection in acute pancreatitis will worsen the disease prognosis. The aim of our study was to analyze the role of procalcitonin as a prognostic biomarker for infections and clinical severity. A prospective single-cohort observational study of pat...

Nov 18th, 2021 - The purpose of this study is to emphasize the imaging features of complications of gallstones beyond the cystic duct on ultrasound (US), enhanced and nonenhanced computed tomography (CECT and NECT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic reson...

Nov 6th, 2021 - Biliary stone formed around prolene suture material in the afferent loop causing acute cholangitis.|2021|Ruhua Z,Ying L,Lei W,Xiaoping Z,|

Nov 4th, 2021 - The impact of acute inflammation on cancer progression is still not well elucidated. Pancreatic head cancer is occasionally associated with acute cholangitis. C-reactive protein (CRP) is a biomarker that indicates presence of acute inflammation. W...

May 6th, 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...

Apr 4th, 2019 - ESGE recommends offering stone extraction to all patients with common bile duct stones, symptomatic or not, who are fit enough to tolerate the intervention.Strong recommendation, low quality evidence.ESGE recommends liver function tests and abdomi...

Jan 24th, 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 12th, 2013 - We propose a management strategy for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis according to the severity assessment. For Grade I (mild) acute cholangitis, initial medical treatment including the use of antimicrobial agents may be sufficient for most cas...

Jan 12th, 2013 - In 2007, the Tokyo Guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis (TG07) were first published in the Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery. The fundamental policy of TG07 was to achieve the objectives of TG07 through t...

Nov 26th, 2021 - Acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) is the second most frequent surgical condition in emergency departments, the complication rate of ACC is 8-20%, and the mortality rate is 0.5-6% in recent series. The Tokyo Guidelines (TG) advocate for different...

Aug 25th, 2021 - Introduction Cholelithiasis occurs in 10-20% of the general population (1). Up to 18% of these subjects will present symptoms and, of these, 1.5% will present an episode of pancreatitis, cholecystitis or acute cholangitis (2). In this way, the pat...

Jan 13th, 2021 - Under physiological conditions, bile is sterile. Major factors maintaining sterility of bile are a competent sphincter of Oddi and antegrade flow of bile. Other factors are bile salts in the bile duct, Kupffer cells and tight junctions between the...

Dec 14th, 2020 - Adult patients attending the emergency department and diagnosed with acute cholecystitis will be asked to participate. Those considered not suitable for surgery will be admitted in a medical department and assigned to conservative treatment or cho...

Sep 8th, 2017 - This study includes patients who are diagnosed acute cholangitis and had percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) as the modality of biliary drainage. All patients will start empirical antibiotics as soon as they are diagnosed acute chola...

Jan 24th, 2017 - HOLLYWOOD, FLA – Interval cholecystectomy remains a challenging procedure, with longer operative times and ICU stays, greater blood loss, more biliary and bowel injuries, and even hints of increased mortality, compared with immediate cholecystecto.

May 2nd, 2012 - Treatment of Caroli Disease Medical therapy is geared toward reducing the incidence of intrahepatic stones. Oral ursodeoxycholic acid has been shown to have some efficacy in reducing cholesterol stone formation and bile stagnation by increasing bi...

Nov 9th, 2001 - Discussion RPC, often referred to as Oriental cholangiohepatitis, is a progressive, destructive cholangiopathy of unknown cause. Although parasites are generally cultured from the bile and blood of patients with RPC during episodes of acute cholan...