The Institutional Ethics Committee of Liaoning Provincial People’s Hospital approved the study,No.(2023)K037.
BACKGROUND Percutaneous cholecystostomy(PC)can be used as a bridging therapy for moderately severe acute biliary pancreatitis(MSABP).Currently,there are only a limited number of reports of MSABP using PCs.AIM To asses...
BACKGROUND Acute pancreatitis(AP)remains a major cause of hospitalization and mortality with important health-related costs worldwide.Using an electronic database of a large tertiary center,we estimated the incidence,...
Acute pancreatitis(AP)is a disease spectrum ranging from mild to severe with an unpredictable natural course.Majority of cases(80%)are mild and self-limiting.However,severe AP(SAP)has a mortality risk of up to 30%.Est...
To the Editor The report of the 1992 Atlanta consensus conference provided a framework for standardization of the terminology for description of acute pancreatitis and its complications[1].Terms such as“pancreatic ph...
The coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)is known to cause gastrointestinal symptoms.Recent studies have revealed COVID-19-attributed acute pancreatitis(AP).However,clinical characteristics of COVID-19-attributed AP rema...
Objective:Our aim was to prospectively compare the Accuracy of Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation(APACHE)II,Bedside Index of Severity in Acute Pancreatitis(BISAP),Ranson’s score and modified Computed Tomo...