Endoscopic management of acute cholangitis in elderly patients

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with severe acute cholangitis

	Group I	Group II
n	123	52
Mean age ± SD (range ) years	38.6 ± 12.4 (20-56)	68.4 ± 10.8a (60-90)
Gender (Male: Female)	72:51	33:19
Clinical presentation n (%)
Right upper	116 (94.3)	27 (52)a
Quadrant pain	118 (96)	18 (34.6)a
Fever ≥ 38.0°C	2 (1.6)	20 (38.4)a
< 38.0°C	120 (97.5)	48 (92.3)
Jaundice	3 (2.4)	19 (36.5)a
Altered sensorium	5 (4.0)	13 (25.0)a
Hypotension	22 (17.8)	14 (11.3)a
Peritonism	5 (4.0)	14 (11.3)a
Renal failure	4 (3.2)	21 (40.3)a
Other systemic illnesses

^aP < 0.05.