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Jan 23rd, 2021 - Various serum markers for early identification of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) have been studied. Serum macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) was reported to be correlated with severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) based on the 1992 Atlant...

Jan 23rd, 2021 - Groove pancreatitis (GP) is a rare form of chronic pancreatitis with limited data on its diagnostics and treatment outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess its diagnostics, natural course, and treatment options. The study is a retrospective p...

Jan 22nd, 2021 - EUS, secretin endoscopic pancreatic function test, and minimal change chronic pancreatitis: Where are we now and where will we go?|2021|Vege SS,|

Jan 22nd, 2021 - Despite literature and guidelines recommending same admission cholecystectomy (CCY) after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for patients with acute gallstone pancreatitis, clinical practice remains variable. The aim of this stu...

Jan 21st, 2021 - Hepatitis E Virus is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis globally. HEV infection is endemic in developing countries. Also, autochthonous and sporadic cases are reported in developed countries. HEV causes acute and chronic infections. Be...

Nov 1st, 2020 - EUS remains a primary diagnostic tool for the evaluation of pancreaticobiliary disease. Although EUS combined with FNA or biopsy sampling is highly sensitive for the diagnosis of neoplasia within the pancreaticobiliary tract, limitations exist in ...

Mar 3rd, 2020 - Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is a very common problem in clinical practice with a prevalence of approximately 10%.1 Plasma triglyceride (TG) concentration is a biomarker for TG rich lipoproteins (TRL) and their remnants, which have emerged as import...

Feb 5th, 2020 - Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is historically defined as an irreversible inflammatory condition of the pancreas leading to varying degrees of exocrine and endocrine dysfunction. Recently however, the paradigm for the diagnosis has changed in that it b...

Apr 13th, 2019 - Each year choledocholithiasis results in biliary obstruction, cholangitis, and pancreatitis in a significant number of patients. The primary treatment, ERCP, is minimally invasive but associated with adverse events in 6% to 15%. This American Soci...

Jan 17th, 2019 - ESGE suggests endoscopic therapy and/or extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) as the first-line therapy for painful uncomplicated chronic pancreatitis (CP) with an obstructed main pancreatic duct (MPD) in the head/body of the pancreas. The c...

Jan 23rd, 2021 - Various serum markers for early identification of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) have been studied. Serum macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) was reported to be correlated with severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) based on the 1992 Atlant...

Jan 23rd, 2021 - Groove pancreatitis (GP) is a rare form of chronic pancreatitis with limited data on its diagnostics and treatment outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess its diagnostics, natural course, and treatment options. The study is a retrospective p...

Jan 22nd, 2021 - EUS, secretin endoscopic pancreatic function test, and minimal change chronic pancreatitis: Where are we now and where will we go?|2021|Vege SS,|

Jan 22nd, 2021 - Despite literature and guidelines recommending same admission cholecystectomy (CCY) after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for patients with acute gallstone pancreatitis, clinical practice remains variable. The aim of this stu...

Jan 21st, 2021 - Hepatitis E Virus is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis globally. HEV infection is endemic in developing countries. Also, autochthonous and sporadic cases are reported in developed countries. HEV causes acute and chronic infections. Be...

Oct 21st, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ultrasound screening enabled identification and early treatment of extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT), thereby preventing symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) in a single center trial. "The results of this study have a...

Oct 21st, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Ultrasound screening enabled identification and early treatment of extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT), thereby preventing symptomatic pulmonary embolism (PE) in a single center trial. "The results of this study have a...

Oct 14th, 2020 - Calculating the ratio between serum triglyceride and apolipoprotein B levels may help rule out patients with hypertriglyceridemia who are at low risk of developing hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis (HTGP), and so better guide management, suggests ...

Oct 14th, 2020 - Calculating the ratio between serum triglyceride and apolipoprotein B levels may help rule out patients with hypertriglyceridemia who are at low risk of developing hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis (HTGP), and so better guide management, suggests ...

Oct 1st, 2020 - Discussion Acute mesenteric vein thrombosis (MVT) is a rare but extremely important cause of mesenteric intestinal ischemia. In this patient, CT of the abdomen/pelvis with intravenous contrast revealed a filling defect that was consistent with acu...