Epidemiology of chronic and acute pancreatitis in India (EPICAP-India): protocol for a multicentre study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Acute and chronic pancreatitis (CP) are inflammatory conditions of the pancreas that cause local and systemic complications. The epidemiology of these conditions are not well-known in India.

Methods and analysis

We describe the protocol and procedures of a multicentre study for delineating the epidemiology of pancreatitis in India. We plan to cover 110 000 people across 10 geographically distributed sites in 10 states of India to estimate the burden and risk factors of CP. Trained investigators will make house visits and screen for abdominal pain requiring hospitalisation or pre-diagnosed CP. The screened positive participants will be reviewed by a gastroenterologist to confirm the diagnosis of CP based on radiological imaging. For each case, four controls will

SUBMITTER: Krishnan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667431 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature