ALLMedicine™ Acute Cholangitis Center

May 23rd, 2022 - Stenosis of the biliary anastomosis predisposes liver graft recipients to bacterial cholangitis. Antibiotic therapy (AT) is performed according to individual clinical judgment, but duration of AT remains unclear. All liver graft recipients with ac...

May 7th, 2022 - Acute cholangitis after over-the-scope clip placement involving the duodenal papilla that was rescued by antegrade stenting via the percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage route.|2022|Iwano K,Toyonaga H,Hayashi T,Ishii T,Kin T,|

Apr 15th, 2022 - The association between acute cholangitis (AC) and acute kidney injury (AKI) remains unclear. We investigated the incidence, and clinical course of AKI in patients with AC, and the long-term prognosis. We performed a single-center retrospective st...

Apr 15th, 2022 - Acute cholangitis (AC) is a potentially life-threatening infection involving the biliary system. The two commonest bacteria involved are Escherichia coli (EC) followed by Klebsiella pneumoniae (KP). Microbiology is a prognostic factor for several ...

Apr 7th, 2022 - The study is based on an anonymous questionnaire that is distributed among polish surgeons across the country. The questionnaire focuses on the demographic data of the surgeon, their experience in years, a few questions regarding their experience ...

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...

Apr 7th, 2022 - The study is based on an anonymous questionnaire that is distributed among polish surgeons across the country. The questionnaire focuses on the demographic data of the surgeon, their experience in years, a few questions regarding their experience ...

Feb 21st, 2022 - 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...

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 10th, 2021 - This randomized controlled trial was carried out on 96 patients undergoing urgent ERCP for severe cholangitis. Patients were allocated into two groups; group 1: received ketofol and group 2: received propofol. Demographic data, ERCP duration, reco...

Feb 9th, 2021 - Acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) is the second most frequent surgical condition in emergency departments, the complication rate of ACC is 20-55%, and the mortality rate is 0.5-15% in recent series. The Tokyo Guidelines (TG) advocate for differe...

May 27th, 2022 - Patients with acute cholangitis are twice as likely to be readmitted within 30 days if they don't get a cholecystectomy in the same hospital admission for which they get biliary decompression, researchers say. The readmissions result mostly from s...

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...