Risk Factors for Post-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis in the Indomethacin Era – A Prospective Study | Zendy

David N. Perdigoto | Zendy; Dário Gomes | Zendy; Nuno Almeida | Zendy; Sofia Mendes | Zendy; Ana Rita Alves | Zendy; Ernestina Camacho | Zendy; Luís Tomé | Zendy

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Risk Factors for Post-Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Pancreatitis in the Indomethacin Era – A Prospective Study

Author(s) -

David N. Perdigoto,

Dário Gomes,

Nuno Almeida,

Sofia Mendes,

Ana Rita Alves,

Ernestina Camacho,

Luís Tomé

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

ge portuguese journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.321

H-Index - 9

eISSN - 2341-4545

pISSN - 2387-1954

DOI - 10.1159/000492313

Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , pancreatitis , incidence (geometry) , prospective cohort study , gastroenterology , pancreatic duct , risk factor , acute pancreatitis , surgery , physics , optics

The 6.9% PEP rate is considered acceptable since 33.0% patients had a medium-high risk for PEP due to challenging biliary cannulation. The total number of procedure-related risk factors seems to play a critical role in the development of PEP despite indomethacin prophylaxis.

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