Factors involved in resistance to early treatment of acute cholangitis patients

• Published in: Hepato-gastroenterology Vol. 59; no. 118; p. 1722
• Main Authors: Yoneyama, Keiichiro, Saito, Hirofumi, Kurihara, Tatsuya, Kogo, Mari, Kitamura, Katsuya, Iwata, Tomoyuki, Imawari, Michiro, Kiuchi, Yuji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Greece 01.09.2012
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Amylases - blood; Biomarkers - blood; Blood Pressure; Chi-Square Distribution; Cholangitis - blood; Cholangitis - complications; Cholangitis - diagnosis; Cholangitis - physiopathology; Cholangitis - therapy; Female; Fever - etiology; Humans; Hypotension - etiology; Hypotension - physiopathology; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Odds Ratio; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Treatment Failure

Severity-based treatment is not homogenously effective for acute cholangitis patients and some are resistant to early treatment. We performed a retrospective cohort study involving acute cholangitis patients and analyzed factors strongly associated with resistance to early treatment. The subjects we...