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Acute Pancreatitis: A Review
Author(s) -
Barraclough B. H.,
Coupland G. A. E.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1969.tb06294.x
Subject(s) - medicine , acute pancreatitis , pancreatitis , general surgery , intensive care medicine
A series of 68 patients with acute pancreatitis admitted to the Royal North Shore Hospital of Sydney in a three‐year period is discussed. An ætiological diagnosis was made in 68% of these. There were three cases associated with a parathyroid adenoma and a 10% incidence of hæmorrhagic pancreatitis, and pseudocysts occurred in 6%. There was no mortality in the 22 patients who underwent laparotomy. The ætiological mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of acute pancreatitis are reviewed.