Increased risk of type 3c diabetes mellitus after acute pancreatitis warrants a personalized approach including diabetes screening.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a frequent cause of hospitalization with long-term health consequences, including type 3c diabetes mellitus (DM). The incidence and risk factors for new-onset morbidities after AP need to be clarified to inform a personalized medicine approach.

Methods

Using a longitudinal electronic healthcare record-linkage analysis, all patients admitted to hospital in Scotland with a first episode of AP between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2012 and followed for a minimum of 5 years after their index AP admission were identified. All new-onset morbidity with specific focus on type 3c DM were analysed and, using time-split multiple regression.

Results

A total of 2047 patients were included. AP requiring critical care was followed by 2 years of heig

SUBMITTER: Walker A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9749482 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature