title: What if it's acute cholangitis?
abstract: Up to 9% of patients admitted to hospital with gallstone disease have acute cholangitis--an infection of the biliary tree. This potentially fatal condition is usually a result of bile duct obstruction, most often by gallstones. Here we review the diagnosis and subsequent management of patients with acute cholangitis.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000150:complications; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents