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What is acute ascending cholangitis?

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DEFINITION Bacterial infection of the bile ducts usually associated with obstruction of the CBD by a gallstone. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Fever, chills Nausea, vomiting Abdominal pain with or without altered mental status and septic shock Charcot’s triad: RUQ pain Fever Jaundice Reynold’s pentad: Charcot’s triad plus Central nervous system(CNS) symptoms Septic shock


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