Mitchell L Ramsey

Background: The incidence of hypertriglyceridemia-associated acute pancreatitis (HTG-AP) has been increasing recently. Plasmapheresis can effectively remove triglyceride(TG) from plasma, but its clinical value in HTG-AP is unclear due to the lack of solid evidence…

Germline genetic testing is recommended for younger patients with idiopathic pancreatitis, but there is no consensus recommendation for those over age 35. We aimed to analyze the results of genetic testing for pancreatic genetic mutations using a large dataset including all ages…

Diabetes mellitus (DM) and prediabetes are common complications of acute pancreatitis (AP) and have aroused general concern in recent years. The underlying mechanisms need to be addressed…

Lack of an accurate prognostic tool for acute pancreatitis (AP) remains a critical knowledge gap. Machine learning (ML) techniques have been used to develop high-performing prognostic models in AP. However, methodologic quality has received little attention…

SOCIETY: AGA The diagnosis of exocrine insufficiency remain challenging. The 72 hour fecal fat collection to calculate the coefficient of fat absorption…

Background: Cyst fluid glucose (CFG) is increasingly being used in the differentiation of pancreatic cystic lesions (PCLs)…

BACKGROUND: Exocrine Pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) occurs following acute pancreatitis (AP) at variably reported rates, secondary to combination of suspected impairment in pancreatic enzyme secretion and damage to the pancreatic acinar cells…

INTRODUCTION: There is limited understanding of the impact of pancrelipase on specific clinical symptoms and health-related quality of life (HrQoL) in real-world patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI)…