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==Overview==
==Overview==


'''Cholangitis''' is a clinically defined syndrome of [[fever]], [[right upper quadrant pain]] and [[jaundice]] caused by infection of [[bile]] and inflammation of the biliary tree, usually due to obstruction and stasis. Cholangitis was first described as a life-threatening disorder in 1877 by Charcot.  In 1955, Reynolds and Dargan recognized that [[septic shock]] and mental status changes portended a poor outcome. (Reynolds’s Pentad). <ref>Kadakia S.  Biliary Tract Emergencies.  Med Clin North Amer. 1993, 77(5) 1015-1036. PMID 8371614</ref> <ref>Carpenter H. Bacterial and Parasitic Cholangitis. May Clin Proc. 1998, 73:473-478. PMID 9581592</ref> <ref>Leese T, Neoptolemos JP, Baker AR.  Management of acute cholangitis and the impact of endoscopic sphincterotomy.  Br J Surg.  1986, 73:988. PMID 3790964</ref> <ref>Lai ECS, Mok FPT, Tan ESY.  Endoscopic biliary drainage for severe acute cholangitis.  NEJM 1992, 326:1582-6. PMID 1584258</ref>
'''Cholangitis''' is a clinically defined syndrome of [[fever]], [[right upper quadrant pain]] and [[jaundice]] caused by infection of [[bile]] and inflammation of the biliary tree, usually due to obstruction and stasis.  


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