ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for diabetes mellitus (DM) even after a single episode of AP. Observational studies in childhood AP are lacking but represent the ideal forum to develop risk models…

URINE PROTEOMICS PROFILING IDENTIFY NOVEL ACUTE AND CHRONIC PANCREATITIS DIAGNOSTIC BIOMARKERS IN CHILDREN

BACKGROUND: Physiologic cholestasis is prevalent in preterm infants, occurring in ~15% of preterm births. Cholestasis causes poor neonatal growth and may progress to liver failure and death. Underlying causes of most cases are unknown…

EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY INCIDENCE AT 12 MONTHS AFTER ACUTE PANCREATITIS: A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER STUDY

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…

MANAGING COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS - PANEL DISCUSSION OF CASES