Acute pancreatitis in children: epidemiology and etiology
All cases of pancreatitis examined between 1980 and 2009 were reviewed to determine the etiologic factors and the epidemiology of this disease. Out of 70 patients (49 boys, 21 girls: average age 9 years old; range 2 month-17 years) , 52,8% had traumatic acute pancreatitis (AP), 11,4% had infectious...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
2009-12-01
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| Series: | Analele Ştiinţifice Ale Universităţii Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iași,Sectiunea II A : Genetica si Biologie Moleculara |
| Online Access: | http://www.gbm.bio.uaic.ro/index.php/gbm/article/view/555 |
| Summary: | All cases of pancreatitis examined between 1980 and 2009 were reviewed to determine the etiologic factors
and the epidemiology of this disease. Out of 70 patients (49 boys, 21 girls: average age 9 years old; range 2 month-17
years) , 52,8% had traumatic acute pancreatitis (AP), 11,4% had infectious causes of AP, 7,1% had biliary AP, in 5,7%
of the cases AP was associated with sistemic illness, 4,2% had drug-associated AP and 1,4 % metabolic, malformative
and postoperative problems. However in 14,3% of the patients there was no cause identified after the initial diagnostic
evaluation: idiopathic AP. A better management of diagnostic tools by their proper use in proper circumstances will not
only improve the well-being of the patient but also reduce the number of idiopathic AP to minimum. |
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| ISSN: | 1582-3571 2248-3276 |