Open AccessRisk factors for mortality in patients with acute bacterial cholangitis: type 2 diabetes is a significant clinical predictor
Author(s) -
Raúl Alberto Jiménez Castillo,
Joel Omar Jáquez-Quintana,
Ariadnee Irma Reyna-Aréchiga,
Yessica Guadalupe López-Alejandro,
Sayra Nallely Juárez-Hernández,
Christian Devanny Del Ángel-Argueta,
D.E. Benavides-Salgado,
Héctor Jesús Maldonado-Garza
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2021.8251/2021
Subject(s) - medicine , retrospective cohort study , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes mellitus , cohort , gastroenterology , endocrinology
Acute cholangitis is a life-threatening infection, and several features are associated with a worse prognosis if prompt treatment is not started. Eighty-six subjects with acute cholangitis were included in a retrospective analysis. Patients had a median age of 53 years (range: 34.5 to 70 years) and 55 (64.0 %) were female. Of the entire cohort, 16 patients had a history of diabetes mellitus. Regarding acute cholangitis severity, 17 (19.8 %) cases were classified as severe, 41 (47.7 %) as moderate, and 28 (32.6 %) as mild.