ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The differential diagnosis of the causal factors of acute
pancreatitis is fundamental for its clinical follow-up, becoming relevant to establishing …

The aim of this study was to investigate the usefulness of serum bilirubin, aspartate
transaminase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (APh) and real time …

Background/Aims: Despite the existence of an easy tool to diagnose biliary tract disease as
an etiology for acute pancreatitis (AP), the sensitivity of abdominal ultrasound is around …

Background and Aim. There are no accurate methods of differentiating acute biliary
pancreatitis. Obstructions of biliary ducts, idiopathic pancreatitis may be related with biliary …

Background: Acute pancreatitis represents a significant number of hospital admissions. Most
of the patients are admitted in an acute setting. Early identification of its etiology is an …

Fifty consecutive patients with acute pancreatitis were assessed with respect to a biliary
origin of the disease. Endoscopie retrograde cholangiopancreaticography, surgery, and …

Early and appropriate treatment of acute pancreatitis (AP) depends on early causal
diagnosis. Published studies have shown favourable results following sphincterotomy …

There are a few prospective studies assessing the severity of acute pancreatitis with
exclusive criteria for biliary etiology. In a cohort prospective study, Ranson (biliary etiology) …

Acute pancreatitis is a disease in which there are still considerable difficulties of etiologic,
diagnostic and therapeutic nature due to a lack of knowledge of the mechanism responsible …

We read with interest the recent article by De Waele et al 1 about the impact of body
overweight and class I, II, and III obesity on the outcome of biliary acute pancreatitis (AP) …