Acute cholangitis

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Última atualização: 26 Mar 2025

Resumo

Definition

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • right upper quadrant (RUQ)/upper abdominal pain
  • RUQ/upper abdominal tenderness
  • jaundice
  • fever
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • pale stools
  • pruritus
  • hypotension
  • mental status changes
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Fatores de risco

  • older age
  • cholelithiasis
  • benign stricture
  • malignant stricture
  • postprocedure injury of bile ducts
  • history of primary sclerosing cholangitis
  • history of secondary sclerosing cholangitis
  • HIV infection
  • use of immune checkpoint inhibitors
  • immunoglobulin (Ig) G4-related digestive disease
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • CBC
  • serum BUN
  • serum creatinine
  • blood gas analysis
  • serum LFTs
  • CRP
  • serum potassium
  • serum magnesium
  • blood cultures
  • coagulation panel
  • transabdominal ultrasound
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
  • abdominal CT scan with intravenous contrast
  • magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
  • endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)
  • surgical approaches
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

acutely ill

CONTÍNUA

with choledocholithiasis, PSC, or HIV cholangiopathy

Colaboradores

Consultores especialistas

Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE

Professor of Medicine

Director, Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy (CATE)

Porter Adventist Hospital, Centura Health

Denver

CO

Declarações

DGA has provided consulting and speaking services for Abbvie, Boston Scientific Olympus America, and Cook Endoscopy, some of which make products relevant to this topic. He is also an author of references cited in this topic.

Agradecimentos

Dr Douglas G. Adler would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Andrew S. Fedoravicius, a previous contributor to this topic.

Declarações

ASF declares that he has no competing interests.

Revisores

Christian Macutkiewicz, MD, FHEA, FRCS

Consultant General & Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgeon

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Manchester

UK

Declarações

CM declares that he has no competing interests.

David J. Hackam, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Pittsburgh

PA

Declarações

DJH declares that he has no competing interests.

Todd Baron, MD

Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Mayo Clinic Rochester

Rochester

MN

Declarações

TB is an author of a reference cited in this topic.

Dennis Freshwater, MB, BS, MD, FRCP

Consultant Hepatologist

The Liver and Hepatobiliary Unit

Queen Elizabeth Medical Care Unit

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham

UK

Declarações

DF declares that he has no competing interests.

Bertus Eksteen, MRCP, PhD, MRC

Clinical Scientist

University of Birmingham

Honorary Consultant

Liver Transplant Unit

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham

UK

利益声明

BE declares that he has no competing interests.

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关键文献

Kiriyama S, Kozaka K, Takada T, et al. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos). J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2018 Jan;25(1):17-30.全文  摘要

Miura F, Okamoto K, Takada T, et al. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: initial management of acute biliary infection and flowchart for acute cholangitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2018 Jan;25(1):31-40.全文  摘要

Gomi H, Solomkin JS, Schlossberg D, et al. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2018 Jan;25(1):3-16.全文  摘要

Mayumi T, Okamoto K, Takada T, et al. Tokyo Guidelines 2018: management bundles for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2018 Jan;25(1):96-100.全文  摘要

Mukai S, Itoi T, Baron TH, et al. Indications and techniques of biliary drainage for acute cholangitis in updated Tokyo Guidelines 2018. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Sci. 2017 Oct;24(10):537-49.全文  摘要

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