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In the Clinic |2 November 2010

Acute Pancreatitis

Kapil Gupta, MD, MPH; Bechien Wu, MD, MPH

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Acute pancreatitis is an acute inflammatory process of the pancreas that can occur as an isolated event or relapsing episodes. Acute pancreatitis is a heterogeneous disease ranging from minimal pancreatic inflammation seen in mild interstitial pancreatitis to extensive pancreatic necrosis and liquefaction of severe attacks. Diagnosis is based on the presence at least 2 of 3 features: abdominal pain; increased pancreatic enzyme, amylase, and/or lipase levels to ≥3 times the upper limit of normal; and imaging tests showing characteristic findings of acute pancreatitis (1). Alcohol and gallstones are the two most common causes, but there are many less...
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Gupta K, Wu B. Acute Pancreatitis. Ann Intern Med. 2010;153:ITC5–1. doi: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-153-9-201011020-01005

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2010;153(9):ITC5-1.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-9-201011020-01005

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