Prospective, Multicentre, Nationwide Clinical Data from 600 Cases of Acute Pancreatitis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to analyse the clinical characteristics of acute pancreatitis (AP) in a prospectively collected, large, multicentre cohort and to validate the major recommendations in the IAP/APA evidence-based guidelines for the management of AP.

Design

Eighty-six different clinical parameters were collected using an electronic clinical research form designed by the Hungarian Pancreatic Study Group.

Patients

600 adult patients diagnosed with AP were prospectively enrolled from 17 Hungarian centres over a two-year period from 1 January 2013.

Main results

With respect to aetiology, biliary and alcoholic pancreatitis represented the two most common forms of AP. The prevalence of biliary AP was higher in women, whereas alcoholic AP was more com

SUBMITTER: Parniczky A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5087847 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature