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…

Clinical Acute Pancreatitis

SOCIETY: AGA

THE ROLE OF PANCREATITIS RISK GENES IN DIABETES DEVELOPMENT POST INDEX ADMISSION FOR ACUTE PANCREATITIS

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…

IMPACT OF FLUID RESUSCITATION IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM ON OUTCOMES OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS, A POSTHOC ANALYSIS OF THE WATERFALL TRIAL

BACKGROUND: The WATERFALL randomized controlled trial (RCT) demonstrated that aggressive fluid resuscitation is associated with fluid overload without improving clinical outcomes compared to moderate fluid resuscitation…