Acute pancreatitis (AP) was the third most common gastrointestinal diagnosis in 2012,
resulting in approximately 275,000 admissions and costing about $2.6 billion. 1, 2 It is also …

Mild acute pancreatitis is not an indication for pancreatic surgery.(2) The use of prophylactic
broad-spectrum antibiotics reduces infection rates in computed tomography-proven …

Acute pancreatitis (AP) constitutes the majority of cases requiring hospital admission in
gastroenterology. We are yet to know many things about its pathophysiology which is a …

BACKGROUND: Recent guidelines have been issued for the management of acute
pancreatitis. The aim of this study was to audit the management of acute pancreatitis in one …

BACKGROUND The incidence of acute pancreatitis shows regional variations in the UK.
AIMS To document the incidence and presentation of acute pancreatitis in hospitals in …

Acute pancreatitis is a common acute abdomen of the digestive system. In recent years,
great progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment concepts, methods and …

Acute Pancreatitis (AP), an acute inflammatory disorder of the pancreas, usually runs a mild
clinical course. A subset of patients develops severe disease independent of the degree of …

Background We have established a multicenter international consortium to better
understand the natural history of acute pancreatitis (AP) worldwide and to develop a …

Acute pancreatitis may vary in severity, from mild, self-limiting pancreatic inflammation to
pancreatic necrosis with life-threatening sequelae. In the majority of the more than 185,000 …

Acute pancreatitis is a potentially lethal disease with varying widely in clinical features and
severity which range from mild and self-limited to a rapidly progressive illness leading to …