Journal article
Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy
World journal of gastroenterology : WJG, v 15(45), pp 5641-5646
07 Dec 2009
PMID: 19960559
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Abstract
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a rare event in pregnancy, occurring in approximately 3 in 10000 pregnancies. The spectrum of AP in pregnancy ranges from mild pancreatitis to serious pancreatitis associated with necrosis, abscesses, pseudocysts and multiple organ dysfunction syndromes. Pregnancy related hematological and biochemical alterations influence the interpretation of diagnostic tests and assessment of severity of AP. As in any other disease associated with pregnancy, AP is associated with greater concerns as it deals with two lives rather than just one as in the nonpregnant population. The recent advances in clinical gastroenterology have improved the early diagnosis and effective management of biliary pancreatitis. Diagnostic studies such as endoscopic ultrasound, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and therapeutic modalities that include endoscopic sphincterotomy, biliary stenting, common bile duct stone extraction and laparoscopic cholecystectomy are major milestones in gastroenterology. When properly managed AP in pregnancy does not carry a dismal prognosis as in the past. (C) 2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng. All rights reserved
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- Title
- Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy
- Creators
- Capecomorin S. Pitchumoni - Saint Peter's University HospitalBalaji Yegneswaran - Drexel Univ, Coll Med, St Peters Univ Hosp, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
- Publication Details
- World journal of gastroenterology : WJG, v 15(45), pp 5641-5646
- Publisher
- Baishideng Publishing Group Inc
- Number of pages
- 6
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000272544600002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-74049162919
- Other Identifier
- 991019357774404721
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- Gastroenterology & Hepatology