Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2017 History of present illness: A 75-year-old female presented with jaundice and abdominal pain for 3 weeks. She denied any fevers, confusion, or urinary complaints. On exam, she was afebrile and hemodynamically normal, but had focal tenderness in her right
Jonathan Peña
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Prospective assessment of the accuracy of ASGE and ESGE guidelines for choledocholithiasis
Endoscopy International Open, 2023 Background and study aims American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) and European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) guidelines recommend categorizing patients by risk for choledocholithiasis to determine management.
Andy Silva-Santisteban +8 more
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Liver Research, 2021 Background and aims: Noninvasive predictors of choledocholithiasis have generally exhibited marginal performance characteristics. We aimed to identify noninvasive independent predictors of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)-confirmed ...
Camellia Dalai +7 more
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Lipidomic analysis of bile from patients with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. [PDF]
PLoS ONEObjectiveCholangiocarcinoma and gallstones are significant gastrointestinal diseases with diverse etiologies and complex clinical manifestations. Understanding their underlying molecular mechanisms is crucial for advancing diagnosis and treatment ...
Seong Ji Choi +4 more
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JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 2018 Ioana, Baiu, Mary T, Hawn
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Liver cirrhosis may increase the incidence of delayed bleeding and mortality after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for common bile duct stones [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackground and purposeCholedocholithiasis is a common disease. However, the results of studies on the complications of choledocholithiasis with cirrhosis by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are inconsistent. Therefore, the purpose of
Linzhen Li, Di Wang, Xiaoping Niu
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The value of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography for the exclusion of choledocholithiasis [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2016 To access publisher's full text version of this article, please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field or click on the hyperlink at the top of the page marked Files.
Björnsson, Einar S +5 more
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Evaluating the Revised American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Guidelines for Common Bile Duct Stone Diagnosis [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2021 Background/Aims The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) revised its guidelines for risk stratification of patients with suspected choledocholithiasis. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic performance of the revision and to compare
Jake S. Jacob +4 more
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Endoscopic Ultrasonography Can Prevent Unnecessary Diagnostic Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Even in Patients with High Likelihood of Choledocholithiasis and Inconclusive Ultrasonography: Results of a Prospective Study [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2017 Background/Aims Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the initial therapy recommended for patients with high likelihood of choledocholithiasis.
Ruchir Patel +5 more
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Siriraj Medical Journal, 2021 Objective: The aim of this study was to compare predictive factors and Radial Echoendoscopy (EUS) in the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis. Materials and Methods: Patients with suspected choledocholithiasis were recruited from April 2011 to January 2018 ...
Patarapong Kamalaporn +3 more
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