ERCP in acute pancreatitis: What takes place in routine clinical practice?

Table 1 Indications for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the 344 patients with acute pancreatitis according to the etiology of the disease¹

	Biliary acute pancreatitis (N = 320)		Non-biliary acute pancreatitis (N = 24)		Overall (N = 344)
	n	Frequency	n	Frequency	n	Frequency
Suspicion of common bile duct stones	289	89.4	17	70.8	306	89
Jaundice	153	47.8	-	-	153	44.5
Clinical worsening of acute pancreatitis	45	14.1	4	16.7	49	14.2
Cholangitis	21	6.6	-	-	21	6.1
Disruption of the main pancreatic duct	-	-	2	8.3	2	0.6
Suspicion of malignancy	-	-	1	4.2	1	0.3

¹More than one indication may be present in the same patient.