ALLMedicine™ Chronic Pancreatitis Center

Mar 26th, 2023 - Cystic dystrophy in heterotopic pancreas, or paraduodenal pancreatitis, is a rare and complicated presentation involving heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the duodenal wall. This condition is present in 5% of the general population but disease main...

Mar 25th, 2023 - /objectives: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an acute inflammatory disorder that can occur in all age groups. The risk of AP has been shown to increase with age. However, no study has compared risk factors for AP according to age group yet. Thus, the a...

Mar 24th, 2023 - Diagnostic Considerations Sjögren syndrome is associated with a wide variety of other disorders, which may contribute to underdiagnosis or misdiagnosis. A careful review of systems is needed to detect problems such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), sy...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Patients with complex chronic conditions have varying multidisciplinary care needs and utilization patterns, which limit the effectiveness of initiatives designed to improve continuity of care (COC) and reduce utilization. Our objective was to cat...

Mar 22nd, 2023 - The activation of pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) plays a key role in the occurrence and development of chronic pancreatitis (CP) and pancreatic fibrosis, which is related to the process of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). This study was ...

Aug 26th, 2022 - The purpose of this American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Clinical Practice Update Expert Review is to provide practical, evidence-based guidance to clinicians regarding the role of endoscopy for recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis. ...

Nov 2nd, 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 ...

Aug 15th, 2020 - This paper is part of the international consensus guidelines on chronic pancreatitis, presenting for interventional endoscopy. An international working group with experts on interventional endoscopy evaluated 26 statements generated from evidence ...

Jul 8th, 2020 - Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a complex inflammatory disease with variable presentations and outcomes. This statement is part of the international consensus guidelines on CP, specifically on the diagnostic role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). An in...

Jul 7th, 2020 - Patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) have an increased risk of pancreatic cancer. We present the international consensus guidelines for surveillance of pancreatic cancer in CP. The international group evaluated 10 statements generated from evid...

Mar 10th, 2023 - The present study was an observational study aimed to explore risk factors influencing glycemic status, optimized treatment, and prognosis of post-chronic pancreatitis diabetes mellitus. The observation items included clinical characteristics, blo...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Fasting is a classic means for religious discipline, yet recently regaining favor in the medical landscape. Numerous studies have come forth, both in animals and humans outlining the benefit of intermittent fasting (IF) on various disease states a...

Mar 10th, 2023 - Patients diagnosed with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) have only an 10% chance of surviving 5 years after diagnosis. Most PDAC is advanced and not amenable to curative therapies at the time of diagnosis, owing to lack of symptoms in early...

Mar 9th, 2023 - Study participants will be followed prospectively, and data from study participants will be collected at 3-month intervals via Electronic Data Capture (EDC) portal. Investigators will complete assessments approximately every 6 months at the time o...

Mar 3rd, 2023 - Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI) is a condition where pancreatic enzyme quantity or activity is reduced below threshold needed for normal digestion. Symptoms include bloating, flatulence, diarrhea and steatorrhea. This is an observational s...

Nov 29th, 2022 - "Best" medical treatment with drugs such as SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists was just as effective as Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at achieving albuminuria remission in patients with diabetic kidney disease and class I obesity. (eClinicalM...

Oct 26th, 2022 - Pancreatic cancer screening appears to be safe and effective for certain patients with high-risk indications due to genetic susceptibility, according to a prospective multicenter study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Gas...

Oct 25th, 2022 - Pancreatic cancer screening appears to be safe and effective for certain patients with high-risk indications due to genetic susceptibility, according to a prospective multicenter study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Gas.

Oct 6th, 2022 - Is norovirus infection triggering Crohn's disease in people with certain genetic mutations? (NBC News) The phase III REVERSE trial of obeticholic acid (Ocaliva) for compensated cirrhosis caused by non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) failed to mee...

Sep 23rd, 2022 - Editor's Note: The Case Challenge series includes difficult-to-diagnose conditions, some of which are not frequently encountered by most clinicians but are nonetheless important to accurately recognize. Test your diagnostic and treatment skills us...