A 59-year-old with suspected acute pancreatitis and cholangitis from gallstones is admitted. Beyond resuscitation and antibiotics, what time-sensitive...

Question

A 59-year-old with suspected acute pancreatitis and cholangitis from gallstones is admitted. Beyond resuscitation and antibiotics, what time-sensitive intervention is indicated?

Accepted Answer

Early ERCP with sphincterotomy

Answer

Elective ERCP after discharge

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Cholecystectomy only in 6 months

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Octreotide infusion

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No intervention beyond antibiotics

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Gallstone Pancreatitis-Cholangitis

A 59-year-old with suspected acute pancreatitis and cholangitis from gallstones is admitted. Beyond resuscitation and antibiotics, what time-sensitive intervention is indicated?