The Pancreas and Known Factors of Acute Pancreatitis

Overview

Journal J Clin Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2022 Oct 14

PMID 36233433

Authors

Julia Walkowska

Nicol Zielinska

Piotr Karauda

R Shane Tubbs

Konrad Kurtys

Lukasz Olewnik

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Abstract

Pancreatitis is regarded by clinicians as one of the most complicated and clinically challenging of all disorders affecting the abdomen. It is classified on the basis of clinical, morphological, and histological criteria. Causes of acute pancreatitis can easily be identified in 75-85% of patients. The main causes of acute, recurrent acute, and chronic pancreatitis are gallstone migration and alcohol abuse. Other causes are uncommon, controversial, or unexplained. For instance, cofactors of all forms of pancreatitis are pancreas divisum and hypertriglyceridemia. Another factor that should be considered is a complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography acute pancreatitis. The aim of this study is to present the known risk factors for acute pancreatitis, beginning with an account of the morphology, physiology, and development of the pancreas.

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