ALLMedicine™ Pancreatitis Center

Dec 2nd, 2021 - Circular RNAs (circRNAs) have been demonstrated to play important roles in acute pancreatitis (AP). Herein, this study aimed to investigate the role and mechanism of circRNAs utrophin (circ_UTRN) in AP. In vitro cultured rat pancreatic acinar cell...

Dec 2nd, 2021 - Maturity-onset diabetes of the young, type 8 (MODY8) is associated with mutations in the CEL gene, which encodes the digestive enzyme carboxyl ester lipase. Several diabetes cases and families have in recent years been attributed to mutations in C...

Dec 1st, 2021 - Cholesterol stones and biliary dyskinesia have replaced hemolytic disease as the primary indication for pediatric cholecystectomy. This study looks at the cohort of pediatric patients with complicated biliary disease, defined as choledocholithiasi...

Dec 1st, 2021 - To investigate the effect of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) on lowering triglyceride (TG) levels in patients with hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis (HLAP). The TG-lowering in patients with HLAP was compared between the TPE group and conservativ...

Dec 1st, 2021 - To assess the response of serum triglycerides (TG) to continuous insulin infusion (CII) in adults with hypertriglyceridemia-associated acute pancreatitis (HTGP). Retrospective analysis of TG response to standardized CII therapy in 77 adults admitt...

Nov 20th, 2021 - Epigastric pain can have multiple etiologies including myocardial infarction, pancreatitis, acute aortic syndromes, gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophagitis, peptic ulcer disease, gastritis, duodenal ulcer disease, gastric cancer, and hiatal h...

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 ...

Sep 21st, 2020 - This guideline will provide the practicing endocrinologist with an approach to the assessment and treatment of dyslipidemia in patients with endocrine diseases, with the objective of preventing cardiovascular (CV) events and triglyceride-induced p...

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...

Nov 24th, 2021 - This double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study will evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of three different dose levels of Auxora in patients with acute pancreatitis and accompanying SIRS. Approximately 216 patients will be ran...

Nov 24th, 2021 - 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 24th, 2021 - Assessment of qualitative and quantitative composition of the intestinal microbiota in patients with CP; in patients with CP and PEI complication of mild to severe degree; patients with CP and PEI who underwent surgical intervention on the pancrea...

Nov 12th, 2021 - Management of pancreatic disorders imparts a major burden on healthcare costs, estimated at over 3 billion dollars annually. Chronic pancreatitis is characterized by chronic inflammation and progressive scarring, leading to abdominal pain, irrever...

Nov 10th, 2021 - Curative management of locally resectable invasive adenocarcinomas located in the cephalic region of the pancreas (pancreas, duodenum and ampulla of Vater) requires a pancreaticoduodenectomy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy. Pancreaticoduodenecto...

Nov 3rd, 2021 - Takeaway The incidence of splanchnic vein thrombosis (SVT) remains significant in patients with acute pancreatitis. Treatment with anticoagulants improved the rate of recanalisation but increased the risk of haemorrhagic complications, without inc...

Nov 1st, 2021 - Akash Goel, MD While this month’s journal scan for clinical research reviews in exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) may not reveal a landmark paper, there certainly are novel findings worthy of note. In particular researchers Halabitska and Ba.

Oct 11th, 2021 - Treatment with the anti-inflammatory drug colchicine resolved recurrent type 2 autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) in patients who previously received other drugs, a case series in Italy found. Two patients with type 2 AIP experienced clinical improveme...

Oct 7th, 2021 - (Reuters Health) - Immediately draining an infected necrotizing pancreas does not prevent complications any better than postponing the procedure, according to a new test in 104 patients reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. Immediate dr...

Oct 6th, 2021 - Kathleen Madden, FNP, MSN, AOCNP, APHN, APHN Being able to quickly detect and properly manage adverse events (AEs) that arise in patients with melanoma who are receiving immunotherapy is key to improving their experience with treatment, explained...