Open AccessAcute Bacterial Cholangitis
Author(s) -
Vincent Zimmer,
Frank Lammert
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000430965
Subject(s) - medicine , septic shock , sepsis , guideline , common bile duct , jaundice , intensive care medicine , abdominal pain , biliary drainage , biliary disease , bile duct , disease , gastroenterology , pathology
Acute bacterial cholangitis for the most part owing to common bile duct stones is common in gastroenterology practice and represents a potentially life-threatening condition often characterized by fever, abdominal pain, and jaundice (Charcot's triad) as well as confusion and septic shock (Reynolds' pentad).
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