Post-Pancreatectomy Acute Pancreatitis-The New Criteria Fail to Recognize Significant Presentations.

Holmberg MarcusJacob SchouPatrik LarssonHussain Raza Shah SyedStefan GilgErnesto SparrelidPoya Ghorbani

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2022)

Sustained hyperamylasemia was observed in 26% of patients after PD, and an additional 17% of patients had a transient elevation of serum amylase postoperatively. Acute pancreatitis after PD may be underdiagnosed, partly by overlooking transiently elevated serum amylase and partly by requiring imaging that potentially fails to recognize mild but complication-prone acute pancreatitis.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
high resolution