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Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis in Children [PDF]
To describe the etiologic factors, course, and outcome of acute necrotizing pancreatitis in children.We performed a retrospective study of children with necrotizing pancreatitis diagnosed during the last 21 years at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital.
Aileen, Raizner +5 more
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Lisinopril-Induced Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis [PDF]
Lisinopril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor that is used as one of the first-line antihypertensive medications. Necrotizing pancreatitis induced by the use of ACE inhibitors is an extremely rare occurrence. Although an uncommon risk factor, our aim is to further highlight that patients with chronic use of lisinopril can develop such ...
Syed, Salman B +2 more
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Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis may be clinically mild or severe. Severe acute pancreatitis is usually a result of pancreatic glandular necrosis. The morbidity and mortality associated with acute pancreatitis are substantially higher when necrosis is present, especially when the area of necrosis is also infected.1 It is important to identify patients with ...
T H, Baron, D E, Morgan
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Management of infected acute necrotizing pancreatitis
Necrotizing or severe pancreatitis represents approximately 10%-20% of acute pancreatitis. 30%-40% of patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) will develop debris infection through translocation of intestinal microbial flora. Infected ANP constitutes a serious clinical condition and is complicated by severe sepsis with high mortality rates of
Pavlidis, Efstathios T +1 more
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The Emphysematous Pancreatitis: A Rare Complication of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Emphysematous pancreatitis is a rare and fatal complication of acute necrotizing pancreatitis. We report a radioclinical observation of a 61-year-old female patient who consulted for epigastric pain radiating to the back, associated with vomiting and elevated lipasaemia more than 3 times the normal value. The abdominal computerized tomography (CT) scan
Niryinganji, Révérien +6 more
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Acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP) can result in a significant healthcare burden. The present study aimed to develop a new scoring system to accurately and promptly identify patients with a high likelihood of mortality to determine the need for aggressive measures.We retrospectively analyzed patients diagnosed with ANP using the National Inpatient ...
Ali, Hassam +2 more
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Necrotizing Fasciitis: A Rare Complication of Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Necrotizing pancreatitis occurs in 10 to 25% of patients requiring hospital admission for acute pancreatitis and carries a high mortality rate. Necrotizing pancreatitis can cause a spectrum of complications. However, we report an extremely rare complication of necrotizing pancreatitis: necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall.
Sumesh Kaistha +2 more
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Postpartum Idiopathic Pancreatitis Complicated by Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common medical condition with a wide variety of etiologies. One of the common but frequently undetected causes of acute pancreatitis is microlithiasis, which can appear as biliary "sludge" in the gallbladder on imaging. While a broad workup should be initiated, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the ...
Hofstrand, Reese +3 more
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Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Acute Suppurative Pancreatitis in the Cat [PDF]
Abstarct Medical records and histologic sections of 40 cats with acute pancreatitis were reviewed. Two distinct groups of cats with pancreatitis were established by histologic analysis of tissue. Group I (32 cats) had acute pancreatic necrosis (APN). Group 2 (8 cats) had suppurative pancreatitis.
Richard C. Hill, Thomas J. Van Winkle
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Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis Associated with Vildagliptin
Context To report a case of acute necrotizing pancreatitis in a patient receiving vildagliptin. Case report A 49-year-old man presented to us with severe abdominal pain and was diagnosed to have pancreatitis three weeks after the commencement of vildagliptin for the treatment of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Purnima, Kunjathaya +3 more
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