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Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines




Disease acute pancreatitis
Symptom C0008350|gallstones
Sentences 6
PubMedID- 22665561 Although most cases of acute pancreatitis are attributed to gallstones or alcohol, many remain idiopathic.
PubMedID- 23002153 Results: of the 151 patients included, 117 patients had acute pancreatitis with gallstones (n=51) as the most common cause.
PubMedID- 24949381 gallstones are the cause of acute pancreatitis in about 45%, alcohol in about 20%-25%, post-ercp in about 5%-7% and miscellaneous in about 5% of cases.
PubMedID- 20299820 Detection of gallstones in acute pancreatitis: when and how.
PubMedID- 25003605 Purpose of review: acute pancreatitis is associated with alcohol abuse, gallstones and bacterial infection.
PubMedID- 21991501 Alt or ast levels more than three times the upper limit of normal indicates gallstones as the cause of acute pancreatitis.

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