A 62-year-old woman with gallstone pancreatitis and acute cholangitis (fever, jaundice, bili 6 mg/dL) asks about timing. What intervention is indicate...

Question

A 62-year-old woman with gallstone pancreatitis and acute cholangitis (fever, jaundice, bili 6 mg/dL) asks about timing. What intervention is indicated?

Accepted Answer

Urgent ERCP for biliary decompression

Answer

Delay ERCP until pancreatitis resolves

Answer

Prophylactic cholecystostomy

Answer

Antibiotics alone for 7 days

Answer

MRCP only

us-abem MCQ (SBA): Biliary Pancreatitis/Cholangitis

A 62-year-old woman with gallstone pancreatitis and acute cholangitis (fever, jaundice, bili 6 mg/dL) asks about timing. What intervention is indicated?