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Patients eligible for the study were divided into two groups: those aged \u226580 years (octogenarian) and those aged 65\u201379 years (non-octogenarian). These two groups were compared in terms of the clinical characteristics of cholangitis and ERCP-related complications. In addition, factors associated with in-hospital mortality were evaluated. Results: Out of 250 patients, 87 (34.8%) were octogenarians and 163 (65.2%) were non-octogenarians. The median age was 76 (69\u201382) years. Although the octogenarian group had higher rates of severe illness and intensive care unit admissions (p &lt; 0.001 and p = 0.002, respectively), there were no significant differences in in-hospital mortality (p = 0.359) or ERCP-related complications (p = 0.417). Malignant etiology (odds ratio [OR]: 5.68, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.11\u201315.3), hypoalbuminemia (OR 0.18, 95% CI 0.07\u20130.45), and qSOFA score \u2265 2 (OR: 6.5, 95% CI: 1.7\u201324.5) were independent risk factors for in-hospital mortality. Conclusions: Being over 80 years old is not an indicator of poor outcomes, and ERCP can be safely performed on these patients. However, elderly patients with hypoalbuminemia, malignant etiology, or a qSOFA score of \u22652 should be closely monitored, regardless of their age.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina60111759","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,28]],"date-time":"2024-10-28T05:07:22Z","timestamp":1730092042000},"page":"1759","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Clinical Features and Prognosis of Acute Cholangitis in Octogenarians: A Prospective Comparative Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"60","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4977-9919","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mustafa","family":"Comoglu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara 06800, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8469-0907","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fatih","family":"Acehan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara 06800, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Enes Seyda","family":"Sahiner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara 06800, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cagdas","family":"Kalkan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Gastroenterology, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara 06800, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ezgi","family":"Comoglu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara 06170, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4126-809X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yusufcan","family":"Y\u0131lmaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara 06800, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tolga","family":"Canl\u0131","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara 06800, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ihsan","family":"Ates","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara 06800, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"554","DOI":"10.1111\/ans.13981","article-title":"Acute cholangitis: Current concepts","volume":"87","author":"Christophi","year":"2017","journal-title":"ANZ J. 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