Pancreatitis News

• DDW 2023 Misdiagnosis Still Common in Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms A new study suggests that with better diagnosis a significant proportion of patients with pancreatic cystic neoplasms could be spared from surgery.
  MDedge News, May 18, 2023
• COVID Raises Risk for Long-Term GI Complications Overall, patients infected with the virus had a 36% higher risk of developing GI conditions.
  Medscape Medical News, March 13, 2023
• ACG Issues New Clinical Guideline for Biliary Strictures The guideline also highlights key concepts and areas for future research.
  Medscape Medical News, March 09, 2023
• Survival 'Much Lower' 10 Years After Chronic Pancreatitis Surgery Substance abuse and suicide are major causes of mortality in the longer term, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, January 24, 2023
• ACG 2022 Pancreatic Cancer Screening Effective for High-Risk Patients The study explored a targeted strategy for screening since pancreatic cancer screening is not recommended for the general population.
  MDedge News, October 26, 2022
• ACG 2022 Risk Factors ID'd for Acute Pancreatitis From Weight-Loss Drugs New research identified factors that increase or decrease the risk for inflammation of the pancreas in people starting GLP-1 medications for weight loss.
  Medscape Medical News, October 25, 2022
• Acute Pancreatitis: Game-Changing Results in Fluid Resuscitation A 'landmark' trial shows that aggressive fluid resuscitation increases the risk for volume overload without improving outcomes in acute pancreatitis and 'should be abandoned.'
  Medscape Medical News, September 14, 2022
• Endoscopic Management for Recurrent Pancreatitis: Expert Review Controversy remains regarding the benefit of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the management of unexplained recurrent acute pancreatitis.
  MDedge News, September 12, 2022
• Alcohol Warning Labels Need Updates to Reflect Harms: NEJM Warning labels on alcohol products are outdated and do not reflect the harms caused by alcohol, including the increased risk of cancer, say the authors of an NEJM article.
  Medscape Medical News, August 31, 2022
• Algorithm Can Help Guide Antibiotic Use in Acute Pancreatitis Physicians could incorporate a procalcitonin-based algorithm into their daily practice to help curb the rise of multidrug-resistant organisms.
  MDedge News, August 01, 2022
• Malpractice Lawyer Gloats at Win, Then Puts Foot in Mouth An attorney is receiving backlash for a celebration video about his malpractice case victory. Did he go too far?
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2022
• Statins Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk After Acute Pancreatitis Similar benefits were seen with low, moderate, and high statin doses, as well as in cases of both mild and severe acute pancreatitis.
  Medscape Medical News, July 14, 2022
• Post Roe, New Worries About Meds Linked to Birth Defects Physicians fear that women won't get the best treatments or will face dangerous risks.
  Medscape Medical News, June 29, 2022
• Persistent Abdominal Pain: Not Always IBS The challenge of diagnosing and treating persistent abdominal pain can be tackled by greater awareness of the multiple potential causes of this relatively common condition, suggests a French review.
  Medscape Medical News, June 16, 2022
• Pancreatic Involvement in COVID-19: What Do We Know? Data indicate that the pancreas as a target of SARS-CoV-2 infection and suggest that pancreatic beta cell involvement could contribute to the metabolic dysregulation seen in patients with COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Cheap, Older Drugs That May Treat COVID Never Get Out of the Lab
  Kaiser Health News, April 19, 2022
• Pancreatic Cancer: Yearly Monitoring of Cystic Lesions in Doubt Compared with previous research, a prospective observational study found a much lower rate of adenocarcinoma among patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2022
• Pancreatic Cancer Identified by Fecal Microbiota Panel A specific panel of fecal microbiota can distinguish pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma from other high-risk disease types.
  Medscape Medical News, March 09, 2022
• Handle With Care: Managing IBD in Older Patients Patients aged 60 years and older with chronic or newly diagnosed IBD may have comorbidities or use medications that can interfere with IBD therapies.
  Medscape Medical News, February 15, 2022
• High GI Spending Reveals Research, Public Health Need The top five most costly conditions were biliary tract diseases, esophageal disorders, abdominal pain, abdominal hernias, and diverticular disease.
  Medscape Medical News, December 23, 2021