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Background: Acute Pancreatitis is a common disease with wide clinical variation and its incidence is increasing. Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory process leading to abdominal pain, progressive destruction of exocrine tissue and in some patients a ...
Surajit Kumar Das , Saswati Das
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Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory condition, which is a leading gastrointestinal cause of hospitalization in the United States. Several conditions are associated with acute pancreatitis.
Ayrton I. Bangolo +24 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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Antibiotics in acute necrotizing pancreatitis: Perspective of a developing country [PDF]
Prophylactic antibiotics in acute necrotizing pancreatitis is controversial. The mortality of acute necrotizing pancreatitis is 8-25% in the western world. In view of the limited resources available for managing the complications of infected pancreatitis
Khan, Afrasyab, Khan, Sadaf
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Use of recombinant factor VIIa in the treatment of massive retroperitoneal bleeding due to severe necrotizing pancreatitis [PDF]
Background. Recently, a growing number of case reports and case series have suggested that the use of recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) may be effective in treatment of patients with non-hemophilic acquired coagulopathy not responding to ...
Lačković Vesna +6 more
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Endoscopic Step‐up Approach for Walled‐off Necrosis After Acute Pancreatitis
ABSTRACT This review outlines current interventional strategies for treating symptomatic walled‐off necrosis (WON) after necrotizing pancreatitis. Mortality from acute pancreatitis has improved, but late mortality, particularly from infected necrosis, remains a challenge. WON requires invasive treatment in cases of infection or symptoms.
Shuntaro Mukai +13 more
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Severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis associated with lipoprotein lipase deficiency in childhood [PDF]
An 11-year-old girl with lipoprotein lipase deficiency experienced recurring episodes of abdominal pain. She initially underwent appendectomy for suspected appendicitis; however, the appendix was normal.
Klerk, J.B.C. (Johannes) de +2 more
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IL‐4/IL‐13/STAT6 signaling plays a crucial for the suppression of pro‐inflammation during acute pancreatitis and supports acinar cell regeneration but has only minor impact on fibrogenesis during chronic form of the disease. IL‐4/IL‐13 induce the expression of certain collagens directly in pancreatic fibroblasts via STAT6 activation, whereas ...
Hager ElSheikh +13 more
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Primary Streptococcal Peritonitis in a Postpartum Patient: A Rare but Life‐Threatening Condition
ABSTRACT We present the case of a 43‐year‐old postpartum woman who developed primary streptococcal peritonitis with a fulminant septic course requiring intensive care. Initial symptoms were nonspecific and improved temporarily, but the patient returned the next day with recurrent pain and markedly elevated inflammatory markers.
Matthias Pimiskern, Helmut Trimmel
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ABSTRACT Background Understanding the genetic links between acute pancreatitis (AP) and its infectious comorbidities is crucial for prognosis and therapy, yet remains underexplored. Methods We conducted a comprehensive post‐GWAS analysis using large‐scale summary statistics for AP and 16 infectious diseases. To pinpoint pleiotropic genes, we integrated
Bo Zou +6 more
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