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 …

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is a condition caused by reduced or inappropriate
secretion or activity of pancreatic juice and its digestive enzymes, pancreatic lipase in …

Chronic mesenteric ischaemia is a severe and incapacitating disease, causing complaints of
post-prandial pain, fear of eating and weight loss. Even though chronic mesenteric …

Chronic pancreatitis is a multifactorial, fibroinflammatory syndrome in which repetitive
episodes of pancreatic inflammation lead to extensive fibrotic tissue replacement, resulting …

Background/objectives This paper is part of the international consensus guidelines on
chronic pancreatitis, presenting for interventional endoscopy. Methods An international …

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common gastrointestinal disease and the leading cause of
hospital admission and healthcare burden among gastrointestinal disorders in many …

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI), an important cause of maldigestion and malnutrition,
results from primary pancreatic disease or is secondary to impaired exocrine pancreatic …

Emerging research indicates that vitamin D metabolic disorder plays a major role in both
acute pancreatitis (AP) and chronic pancreatitis (CP). This has been demonstrated by …

This position paper summarizes the current understanding of the medical management of
chronic pancreatitis (CP) in children in light of the existing medical literature, incorporating …

Background Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is defined according to the recently proposed
mechanistic definition as a pathological fibro-inflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in …