Performance of diagnostic tools for acute cholangitis in patients with suspected biliary obstruction.
Christina J Sperna WeilandCeline B E BuschAbha BhallaMarco J BrunoPaul FockensJeanin E van HooftAlexander C PoenHester C TimmerhuisDevica S UmansNiels G VennemanRobert C VerdonkJoost P H DrenthThomas R de WijkersloothErwin J M van Geenennull nullPublished in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2021)
TG18 criteria incorrectly diagnoses four out of ten patients with real-world cholangitis, while DPSG and Charcot criteria failed to diagnose more than half of patients. As the cholangitis diagnosis has many consequences for treatment, there is a need for more accurate diagnostic tools or work-up towards ERCP.