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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 14, 2016; 22(6): 2104-2110
Published online Feb 14, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i6.2104
Published online Feb 14, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i6.2104
Table 3 Cause of acute pancreatitis in the prospective and retrospective group n (%)
Prospective group (n = 57) | Retrospective group (n = 613) | P value | |||
Patients | Patients using medicines1 | Patients | Patients using medicines1 | ||
Bile stone | 23 (40.4) | 13 (57) | 271 (44.2) | 4 (0.1) | < 0.001 |
Bile stone or alcohol | 4 (7.0) | 4 (100) | 14 (2.3) | ||
Alcohol | 6 (10.5) | 1 (17) | 87 (14.2) | 1 (0.1) | |
Hypertriglyceridemia | 3 (5.2) | 3 (100) | 8 (1.3) | ||
ERCP | 1 (1.8) | 0 | 19 (3.1) | ||
PTC | 1 (1.8) | 0 | 0 | ||
Tumor/cancer pancreas | 1 (1.8) | 0 | 9 (1.5) | ||
Pancreas divisum | 2 (3.5) | 1 (50) | 1 (0.2) | ||
Stone in pancreatic duct | 1 (1.8) | 0 | 1 (0.2) | ||
Postoperative pancreatitis | 0 | 0 | 3 (0.5) | ||
Trauma | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.2) | ||
Viral infection | 0 | 0 | 2 (0.3) | ||
Medicines1 | 11 (19.3) | 11 (100) | 15 (2.4) | 15 (100) | |
Unknown2 | 4 (7.0) | 0 | 182 (29.7) | 0 | |
All | 57 (100) | 33 (58) | 613 (100) |
- Citation: Rashidi M, Røkke O. Prospective evaluation of the cause of acute pancreatitis, with special attention to medicines. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(6): 2104-2110
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v22/i6/2104.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i6.2104