ALLMedicine™ Acute Pancreatitis Center

Jul 29th, 2021 - The management of acute pancreatitis (AP) in children was historically derived from adult practice recommendations. Pediatric-specific recommendations for treatment of AP were recently developed by North American Society for Pediatric Gastroentero...

Jul 29th, 2021 - A protective role for insulin in acute pancreatitis.|2021|Tysoe O,|

Jul 27th, 2021 - sQuiz your knowledge! Erythemathous-violaceous painful nodules on the limbs and ankle arthritis in a patient with acute pancreatitis.|2021|Llamas-Molina JM,Carrero Castaño A,Ruiz-Villaverde R,|

Jul 24th, 2021 - We aim to perform a multicenter retrospective cohort study to determine if elevated serum lipase determines clinical outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Several cases of acute pancreatitis (AP) have recently been reporte...

Jul 23rd, 2021 - Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a potential complication of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), but its incidence and risk factors remain unclear. Thus, we reviewed the cases of 259 consecutive children who received allogeneic HSCT at our i...

May 28th, 2020 - Executive summary: WSES Guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis.|2020|Leppäniemi A,Tolonen M,Tarasconi A,Segovia-Lohse H,Gamberini E,|therapeutic use,standards,standards,methods,standards,methods,standards,methods,standards,meth...

Mar 31st, 2019 - The Lebanese Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (LSIDCM) is involved in antimicrobial stewardship. In an attempt at guiding clinicians across Lebanon in regards to the proper use of antimicrobial agents, members of this socie...

Jul 7th, 2018 - Familial chylomicronaemia syndrome (FCS) is a rare, inherited disorder characterised by impaired clearance of triglyceride (TG)-rich lipoproteins from plasma, leading to severe hypertriglyceridaemia (HTG) and a markedly increased risk of acute pan...

Jun 22nd, 2018 - Wide variations exist in how physicians manage the nutritional aspects of children affected by acute pancreatitis (AP), acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP), and chronic (CP) pancreatitis. Better consensus for optimal management is needed. This cons...

Dec 28th, 2017 - Although the incidence of acute pancreatitis (AP) in children is increasing, management recommendations rely on adult published guidelines. Pediatric-specific recommendations are needed. The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, H...

Oct 4th, 2019 - Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common and devastating disease with an annual incidence of 22-30 per 100,000 in the UK. The incidence is increasing. AP is most commonly triggered by gallstones or alcohol excess and has a range of outcomes, from compl...

Sep 20th, 2019 - GSK3335065 is being developed as a treatment for acute pancreatitis with the intent of reducing 3-hydroxykynurenine (3HK) levels to the normal range (or lower) and maintaining them at this level throughout the treatment period. This study will uti...

Sep 19th, 2019 - This open-label study will evaluate the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic profile of CM4620-IE in patients with acute pancreatitis. The first five (5) patients will receive ≤ 2.08 mg/kg of CM4620-IE by continuous IV infusion on Day 1. If necessa...

May 9th, 2019 - Patients with HAART-induced lipodystrophy report loss of subcutaneous (sc) fat from the extremities and face and excess fat accumulation in the neck and truncal region. They also are predisposed to metabolic complications of insulin resistance, su...

Apr 10th, 2019 - This is a prospective, phase II exploratory pilot study using different dose frequencies of intravenous human secretin in patients with non-obstructive, interstitial acute pancreatitis. All enrolled patients will receive standard of care therapy i...

Jul 19th, 2021 - Patients with infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) are more likely to experience organ failure and mortality, which makes identifying them as quickly as possible especially crucial. A new study aimed to make this task a bit easier by categorizing th...

May 26th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two studies addressing the management of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) conclude that current guidelines don't provide enough evidence on when to observe and when to excise them. Both studies were publ...

Apr 19th, 2021 - For patients with obesity who want to lose weight but for whom conventional weight-loss strategies have failed, the combination of intragastric balloon placement and lifestyle modifications may be preferable to lifestyle modifications alone, accor...

Apr 8th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with volanesorsen significantly reduces triglyceride levels in patients with multifactorial chylomicronemia syndrome and may reduce acute pancreatitis events in these patients, according to results of the indu...

Mar 17th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients suffering from acute pancreatitis (AP) who also contract COVID-19 risk longer hospital stays, persistent organ failure, and a higher likelihood of early death, compared with patients without the virus, accordin...