Retrospective analysis of the standardized BARD criteria for acute cholangitis in biliary atresia patients.

For patients with cholangitis not confirmed by the standardized BARD acute cholangitis definition, antibiotic treatment was associated with significant changes in the laboratory inflammatory response ( p = 0.001), with a statistical trend for the GGT and/or bilirubin levels ( p = 0.05), and only two out of seven diagnostic items responded to the treatment (Table 3 ). 4.

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