Abstract Knowledge of pancreatitis in the 20th century was shaped predominantly by animal
data and clinical trials. Several large general population-based cohort studies and …

Importance Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a chronic inflammatory and fibrotic disease of the
pancreas with a prevalence of 42 to 73 per 100 000 adults in the United States …

Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is historically defined as an irreversible inflammatory condition of
the pancreas leading to varying degrees of exocrine and endocrine dysfunction. Recently …

Both acute and chronic pancreatitis are frequent diseases of the pancreas, which, despite
being of benign nature, are related to a significant risk of malnutrition and may require …

Objectives The epidemiological trends contributing to increasing acute pancreatitis (AP)
hospitalizations remain unknown. We sought to analyze etiological factors and outcomes of …

Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency is an important cause of maldigestion and a major
complication in chronic pancreatitis. Normal digestion requires adequate stimulation of …

Advances in our understanding of chronic pancreatitis have improved our care of patients
with this disease. Although our therapies are imperfect and many patients remain …

Chronic pancreatitis is characterized by progressive, irreversible morphologic and functional
changes that are most commonly attributed to environmental insults, particularly when there …

OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to prospectively evaluate the ability of the bedside index for
severity in acute pancreatitis (BISAP) score to predict mortality as well as intermediate …

Objective The benefits of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) in chronic
pancreatitis (CP) are inadequately defined. We have undertaken a systematic review and …