Reynolds' pentad

English

Etymology

Named after surgeon Benedict Reynolds, who described it (along with Everett Dargan) in 1959.

Proper noun

Reynolds' pentad

  1. A collection of signs and symptoms consistent with obstructive ascending cholangitis, a serious infection of the biliary tract. It combines Charcot's cholangitis triad (right upper quadrant pain, jaundice, and fever) with shock (low blood pressure, tachycardia) and an altered mental state.
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