Acute pancreatitis is a common indication for hospital admission, increasing in incidence,
including in children, pregnancy and the elderly. Moderately severe acute pancreatitis with …

The incidence of acute pancreatitis continues to increase worldwide, and it is one of the
most common gastrointestinal causes for hospital admission in the USA. In the past decade …

Objective In patients with pancreatitis, early persisting organ failure is believed to be the
most important cause of mortality. This study investigates the relation between the timing …

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare and validate the different classifications of
severity in acute pancreatitis (AP) and to investigate which characteristics of the disease are …

Background Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) can progress to lung and kidney dysfunction,
and blood clotting within 48 hours of its onset, and is associated with a high mortality rate …

Objective: To establish the optimal time to start oral refeeding in mild and moderate acute
pancreatitis (AP) to reduce hospital length-of-stay (LOS) and complications. Summary …

Objectives Infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) is a significant complication of acute
necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP). Early identification of patients at high risk of IPN would …

METHODS: The derivation cohort included 60 subjects with AP with early serum samples
collected between 2007 and 2010. Twenty-five cytokines associated with an acute …

Objectives In patients with acute pancreatitis (AP), minimally invasive treatment and the step‐
up approach have been widely used to deal with infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) in the …

Background Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is a major cause of acute pancreatitis (AP). We
aimed to determine whether HTG is an independent risk factor for AP complications and …