Cholangitis secondary prevention

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farwa Haideri [2]

Overview

Secondary prevention strategies for cholangitis include continued treatment of predisposing causes in appropriate patients.

Patients should alert their physician if they experience recurrent fever, jaundice, and/or right upper quadrant pain.^[1]