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Published in: Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences 1/2013

01-01-2013 | Guideline

TG13 guidelines for diagnosis and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos)

Authors: Seiki Kiriyama, Tadahiro Takada, Steven M. Strasberg, Joseph S. Solomkin, Toshihiko Mayumi, Henry A. Pitt, Dirk J. Gouma, O. James Garden, Markus W. Büchler, Masamichi Yokoe, Yasutoshi Kimura, Toshio Tsuyuguchi, Takao Itoi, Masahiro Yoshida, Fumihiko Miura, Yuichi Yamashita, Kohji Okamoto, Toshifumi Gabata, Jiro Hata, Ryota Higuchi, John A. Windsor, Philippus C. Bornman, Sheung-Tat Fan, Harijt Singh, Eduardo de Santibanes, Harumi Gomi, Shinya Kusachi, Atsuhiko Murata, Xiao-Ping Chen, Palepu Jagannath, SungGyu Lee, Robert Padbury, Miin-Fu Chen, Christos Dervenis, Angus C. W. Chan, Avinash N. Supe, Kui-Hin Liau, Myung-Hwan Kim, Sun-Whe Kim

Published in: Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences | Issue 1/2013

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Abstract

Since the publication of the Tokyo Guidelines for the management of acute cholangitis and cholecystitis (TG07), diagnostic criteria and severity assessment criteria for acute cholangitis have been presented and extensively used as the primary standard all over the world. However, it has been found that there are crucial limitations in these criteria. The diagnostic criteria of TG07 do not have enough sensitivity and specificity, and its severity assessment criteria are unsuitable for clinical use. A working team for the revision of TG07 was organized in June, 2010, and these criteria have been updated through clinical implementation and its assessment by means of multi-center analysis. The diagnostic criteria of acute cholangitis have been revised as criteria to establish the diagnosis where cholestasis and inflammation demonstrated by clinical signs or blood test in addition to biliary manifestations demonstrated by imaging are present. The diagnostic criteria of the updated Tokyo Guidelines (TG13) have high sensitivity (87.6 %) and high specificity (77.7 %). TG13 has better diagnostic capacity than TG07. Severity assessment is classified as follows: Grade III: associated with organ failure; Grade II: early biliary drainage should be conducted; Grade1: others. As for the severity assessment criteria of TG07, separating Grade II and Grade I at the time of diagnosis was impossible, so they were unsuitable for clinical practice. Therefore, the severity assessment criteria of TG13 have been revised so as not to lose the timing of biliary drainage or treatment for etiology. Based on evidence, five predictive factors for poor prognosis in acute cholangitis––hyperbilirubinemia, high fever, leukocytosis, elderly patient and hypoalbuminemia––have been extracted. Grade II can be diagnosed if two of these five factors are present.
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Metadata
Title
TG13 guidelines for diagnosis and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos)
Authors
Seiki Kiriyama
Tadahiro Takada
Steven M. Strasberg
Joseph S. Solomkin
Toshihiko Mayumi
Henry A. Pitt
Dirk J. Gouma
O. James Garden
Markus W. Büchler
Masamichi Yokoe
Yasutoshi Kimura
Toshio Tsuyuguchi
Takao Itoi
Masahiro Yoshida
Fumihiko Miura
Yuichi Yamashita
Kohji Okamoto
Toshifumi Gabata
Jiro Hata
Ryota Higuchi
John A. Windsor
Philippus C. Bornman
Sheung-Tat Fan
Harijt Singh
Eduardo de Santibanes
Harumi Gomi
Shinya Kusachi
Atsuhiko Murata
Xiao-Ping Chen
Palepu Jagannath
SungGyu Lee
Robert Padbury
Miin-Fu Chen
Christos Dervenis
Angus C. W. Chan
Avinash N. Supe
Kui-Hin Liau
Myung-Hwan Kim
Sun-Whe Kim
Publication date
01-01-2013
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 1868-6974
Electronic ISSN: 1868-6982
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00534-012-0561-3

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