Acute pancreatitis in COVID-19 patients: true risk?
Margo C BulthuisLotte BoxhoornMartijn BeudelPaul W G ElbersMarnix P M KopRoy L J van WanrooijMarc G H BesselinkRogier P VoermansPublished in: Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology (2021)
In contrast with previous research, our study demonstrated that COVID-19 related acute pancreatitis is rare and of little clinical impact. It is therefore debatable if acute pancreatitis in COVID-19 patients requires specific screening. We hypothesize that acute pancreatitis occurs in patients with severe illness due to COVID-19 infection as a result of transient hypoperfusion and pancreatic ischemia, not as a direct result of the virus.