Incidence and severity of non alcoholic and non biliary pancreatitis in a gastroenterology department

Incidence, Severity, and Etiology of Drug-Induced Acute Pancreatitis

“…However, the absolute number of cases is relatively low (nine cases in a 2-year period) which makes it difficult to come to definite conclusions. These results correspond to those of Mennencier et al [7]: out of a total of 108 cases of acute pancreatitis during a 9-year period in their study, nine were considered to be drug-induced (causative drugs are not given in the paper). Both these results are higher than the generally estimated proportion of 2% of AP cases being drug-induced.…”

Complications of acute pancreatitis in tertiary care hospital

“…In France, reported incidence of biliary acute pancreatitis has ranged from 24-46%, whereas the statistic for alcoholic acute pancreatitis has exhibited less variability 33-38%. Nevertheless, gallstones appear to be the leading cause acute pancreatitis, reported for 38-43% of patients, whereas alcoholic acute pancreatitis has been found in 31% of patients [13]. The proportions were slightly different in our series where incidence of cholelithiasis is 33% in comparison with no known case of alcoholic pancreatitis.…”

“…The proportions were slightly different in our series where incidence of cholelithiasis is 33% in comparison with no known case of alcoholic pancreatitis. According to a research conducted in Paris, biliary acute pancreatitis is mostly present in older people of average age 50-55 years [13]. As we have found in 100 cases, comprising of minimum 14 years to maximum of 70 year, cholelithiasis was predominant in 21-30 year age group (Figures 1 and 2).…”

Review on diagnosis of acute pancreatitis

“…Drug-induced pancreatitis may account for about 7% of all cases of acute pancreatitis 15 . Commonly implicated drugs are listed in table 2, according to their proposed mechanisms.…”