1 Department of Infection and Liver Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, China 2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health ...

Introduction Post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) occurs in approximately 3 - 5% of all ERCPs performed. Although incidence tends to be higher in younger patients, a diagnosis of PEP in an older person may ...

This valuable study discusses a hot topic in post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis. The new score for predicting post-ERCP pancreatitis offers an idea about the risk of ...

ERCP is used primarily to diagnose and treat conditions of the bile ducts and pancreas. ERCP combines the use of x-rays and an endoscope, which is a long, flexible, lighted tube. Through the endoscope ...

Introduction Acute pancreatitis is the most common complication following ERCP. In 2010, the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy delivered Guidelines on the Prophylaxis of post-ERCP ...

Pancreatitis and cholangitis are the two most common serious complications post-ERCP and were important differentials to consider in this case; however, these were excluded early on with normal lipase ...

resulting in post-ERCP acute-on-chronic pancreatitis. On recovery, the patient was discharged with a right-sided chest drain (following fluid re-accumulation) with adequate outpatient ...

The postoperative pain was evaluated after 10 min, 20 min, and 30 min in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) as well as 6 h and 24 h in the ward following ERCP. Additionally, inflammatory cytokines ...

When Dr. Papachristou joined Ohio State in August 2019, he brought three active grants related to pancreatitis prevention or treatment. The first, "Stent vs. Indomethacin for Preventing Post-ERCP ...

of corticosteroid in prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) around the world. Results: Most of the seven RCTs were of high quality. When the RCTs were analyzed, odds ratios (OR) for ...

ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Example of the preprocedural PEP risk checklist. ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. IPMN, intraductal papillary mucinous ...

You may need ERCP to find the cause of unexplained belly (abdominal) pain or yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice). It may be used to get more information if you have pancreatitis or cancer of the ...