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Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19960559     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a rare event in pregnancy, occurring in approximately 3 in 10,000 pregnancies. The spectrum of AP in pregnancy ranges from mild pancreatitis to serious pancreatitis associated with necrosis, abscesses, pseudocysts and multiple organ dysfunction syndromes. Pregnancy related hematological and biochemical alterations influence the interpretation of diagnostic tests and assessment of severity of AP. As in any other disease associated with pregnancy, AP is associated with greater concerns as it deals with two lives rather than just one as in the non-pregnant population. The recent advances in clinical gastroenterology have improved the early diagnosis and effective management of biliary pancreatitis. Diagnostic studies such as endoscopic ultrasound, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and therapeutic modalities that include endoscopic sphincterotomy, biliary stenting, common bile duct stone extraction and laparoscopic cholecystectomy are major milestones in gastroenterology. When properly managed AP in pregnancy does not carry a dismal prognosis as in the past.
Authors:
Capecomorin S Pitchumoni; Balaji Yegneswaran
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  World journal of gastroenterology : WJG     Volume:  15     ISSN:  1007-9327     ISO Abbreviation:  World J. Gastroenterol.     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-12-04     Completed Date:  2010-02-16     Revised Date:  2010-09-27    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100883448     Medline TA:  World J Gastroenterol     Country:  China    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  5641-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. pitchumoni@hotmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Pancreatitis / diagnosis,  pathology,  physiopathology*,  therapy
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis,  pathology,  physiopathology*,  therapy
Prognosis
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anti-Bacterial Agents
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
World J Gastroenterol. 2010 Apr 28;16(16):2065-6   [PMID:  20419847 ]

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