Acute cholangitis (Charcot triad) - investigation

HIGH-YIELD Appears 2×

Teaching point

Fever, jaundice and upper-abdominal (RUQ/epigastric) pain with deranged LFTs = acute cholangitis (Charcot triad). Abdominal ultrasound is the initial investigation; ERCP is definitive for biliary drainage.

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