Open AccessTO STUDY THE RISK FACTORS ETIOLOGY OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS
Author(s) -
Devendra Raj Singh,
Ravindra Pratap Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i9.2173
Subject(s) - etiology , medicine , pancreatitis , acute pancreatitis , risk factor , gastroenterology , alcohol abuse , disease , alcohol consumption , alcohol , psychiatry , biochemistry , chemistry
Background: The most important aetiological factors for acute pancreatitis are either biliary tract stone disease or alcohol, which account for approximately 75-80% of all cases of acute pancreatitis
Methods: This study was conducted in the department of surgery, RNT Medical College and Maharana Bhupal Govt. Hospital, Udaipur. A total of 35 cases of acute pancreatitis were studied
Results: In our study of 35 cases of acute pancreatitis, 14(40%) patient had alcoholic pancreatitis, while 13(37.2%) patient had gall stone pancreatitis. In 8(22.8%) patient cause was undetected.
Conclusion: Alcohol abuse and gall stones were main etiological factors with almost equal frequency.
Keywords: Risk factor, Pancreatitis, Gall sone