What is acute ascending cholangitis?

DEFINITION Bacterial infection of the bile ducts usually associated with obstruction of the CBD by a gallstone. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Fever, chills Nausea, vomiting Abdominal pain with or without altered mental status and septic shock Charcot’s triad: RUQ pain Fever Jaundice Reynold’s pentad: Charcot’s triad plus Central nervous system(CNS) symptoms Septic shock