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6 wrz 2018 · Acute, acute recurrent, and chronic forms of pancreatitis have been increasingly diagnosed in children in the past 2 decades. Risk factors in the pediatric group are broad and appear to be strikingly different compared with the adult cohort. However, the disease burden and impact on quality of life are surprisingly similar in children and adults.
1 sie 2020 · Acute pancreatitis (AP), manifesting as acute onset of abdominal pain, vomiting, and nausea, is increasingly being recognized in children secondary to increased awareness, more identifiable etiologies as well as advances in diagnostic capabilities, like imaging.
22 lut 2016 · Acute biliary pancreatitis is one of the most common causes of acute pancreatitis in children, comprising 10–30% of all cases [6, 10, 11, 37, 43, 64]. In children, biliary pancreatitis has several causes such as common bile duct obstruction by gallstones or biliary sludge and congenital biliary tree anomalies . Obesity not only is a risk ...
the symptoms that are typical of pancreatitis, such as abdominal pain and vomiting along with elevated lipase levels, establish the di-agnosis in most cases, up to 5% of cases of acute pancreatitis may be missed in children if imaging is not performed [4]. The role of imaging in the early prediction of complica-
17 mar 2021 · Pancreatitis is as common in children as it is in adults, though causes and accepted imaging strategies differ in children. In this narrative review we discuss the epidemiology of childhood pancreatitis and key imaging features for pediatric acute, acute recurrent, and chronic pancreatitis.
Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) is an increasingly recognized disease entity, but data in children are limited. AIP presentation and outcome in children might differ from the adult experience. We aim to determine the characteristic features of AIP in children.
Acute pancreatitis management in children should focus on fluid resuscitation, end-organ monitoring, pain management, and early nutrition. Acute recurrent pancreatitis in children should prompt a broader investigation into possible genetic, anatomic, and metabolic risk factors.
