Part 2: Current Concepts in Radiologic Imaging & Intervention in Acute Biliary Tract Diseases

Acute cholangitis is encountered commonly in critically ill, often elderly, patients. The most common causes of cholangitis include choledocholithiasis, biliary strictures, and infection from previous endoscopic, percutaneous, or surgical intervention of the biliary tract. Rare causes of acute chola...

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Published in:Journal of intensive care medicine 2024-06, p.8850666241259420-8850666241259420
Main Authors: Neitzel, Easton, Salahudeen, Owais, Mueller, Peter R, Kambadakone, Avinash, Srinivas-Rao, Shravya, vanSonnenberg, Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Acute cholangitis is encountered commonly in critically ill, often elderly, patients. The most common causes of cholangitis include choledocholithiasis, biliary strictures, and infection from previous endoscopic, percutaneous, or surgical intervention of the biliary tract. Rare causes of acute cholangitis in the United States include sclerosing cholangitis and recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, the latter predominantly occurring in immigrants of Asian descent. Multidisciplinary management of these conditions is essential, with intensivists, surgeons, diagnostic radiologists, interventional radiologists, gastroenterologists, endoscopists, and infectious disease physicians typically involved in the care of these patients. In this paper intended for intensivists predominantly, we will review the imaging findings and radiologic interventional management of critically ill patients with acute cholangitis, primary and secondary sclerosing cholangitis, and recurrent pyogenic cholangitis.
ISSN:1525-1489
DOI:10.1177/08850666241259420