Pancreatitis

Pancreatitis News

DDW Rectal Indomethacin Prevents Post-ERCP Pancreatitis DDW 2012: Rectal indomethacin reduced risk by 46% in patients at high risk for pancreatitis.
Medscape Medical News, May 24, 2012
When Is the Best Time to Operate for Biliary Pancreatitis? Should biliary pancreatitis be managed with cholecystectomy during the initial admission, or with delayed surgery?
Reuters Health Information, April 16, 2012

Acute Pancreatitis: A Lifesaving Nutritional Approach Commentary on this practice-changing study reports on the effectiveness of enteral nutrition in reducing mortality and infectious complications in patients with severe acute pancreatitis.
Faculty of 1000, March 8, 2011
What Is the Best Treatment for Necrotizing Pancreatitis? Commentary on a study on necrosectomy vs a step-up approach for the treatment of severe necrotizing pancreatitis, published April 2010 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Medscape General Surgery, July 16, 2010

Hypertriglyceridaemia in Type 2 Diabetes
The British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease, May 31, 2012
Post-ERCP Pancreatitis: Review of Preventive Strategies
Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, May 25, 2012
The Human GLP-1 Analog Liraglutide and the Pancreas
Diabetes, May 11, 2012
Diabetes Correlates With Increased Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, April 11, 2012
Chronic Pancreatitis
Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, December 8, 2011