Reynolds' pentad
Medical condition
Reynolds' pentad | |
---|---|
Differential diagnosis | obstructive ascending cholangitis |
Reynolds' pentad is a collection of signs and symptoms consistent with obstructive ascending cholangitis, a serious infection of the biliary tract. It is a combination of Charcot's triad (right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and fever) with shock (low blood pressure, tachycardia) and an altered mental status.[1] Sometimes the two additional signs are listed simply as low blood pressure and confusion.[2]
Eponym
It was named after surgeon Benedict Reynolds, who described it (along with Everett Dargan) in 1959.[1]
References
- ^ a b Reynolds BM, Dargan EL (August 1959). "Acute obstructive cholangitis; a distinct clinical syndrome". Ann Surg. 150 (2): 299–303. doi:10.1097/00000658-195908000-00013. PMC 1613362. PMID 13670595.
- ^ Teo, Amir H. Sam, James T.H. (2010). Rapid medicine (2nd ed.). Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 1405183233.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- v
- t
- e
Signs and symptoms relating to the human digestive system or abdomen
tract
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Heartburn
- Aerophagia
- Pica
- Trichophagia
- Pagophagia
- Geophagia
- Dysphagia
- Odynophagia
- Bad breath
- Xerostomia
- Hypersalivation
- Burping
- biliary: Boas' sign
- Courvoisier's law
- Charcot's cholangitis triad/Reynolds' pentad
- cholecystitis (Murphy's sign
- Lépine's sign
- Mirizzi's syndrome)
- Nardi test
Pain | |
---|---|
Distension | |
Masses | |
Other |
![]() | This medical sign article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e