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Anything missing w Acute Cholangitis? - goodman
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Infection of the common bile duct secondary to obstruction of the common bile duct.
NSTx supporative care, broad-spectrum antibiotics and billiary drainage w/Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
CHARCOT TRIAD = Fever + Abdominal pain + Jaundice produce by gallstone in the common biled duct. M.C.produce by Gram (-)
LAB: Elevated Bilirubin (mostly direct) and High Serum Alkaline Phosphate (hundreds) = Choledocolithiasis + Cholangitis.
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Which are the associations that are missing? That is key on this test. If you cannot make associations you wont pass.
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