Evaluating approaches to diagnosis and management of idiopathic acute pancreatitis

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INTRODUCTION: Idiopathic acute pancreatitis (IAP) is a diagnosis of exclusion; systematic work-up is challenging but essential. Recent advances suggest IAP results from micro-choledocholithiasis, and that laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) or endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) may prevent recurrence.

METHODS: Patients diagnosed with IAP from 2015-21 were identified from discharge billing records. Acute pancreatitis was defined by the 2012 Atlanta classification. Complete workup was defined per Dutch and Japanese guidelines.

RESULTS: A total of 1499 patients were diagnosed with IAP; 455 screened positive for pancreatitis. Most (N = 256, 56.2%) were screened for hypertriglyceridemia, 182 (40.0%) for IgG-4, and 18 (4.0%) MRCP or EUS, leaving 434 (29.0%) patients with potentially idiopathic pancreatitis. Only 61 (14.0%) received LC and 16 (3.7%) ES. Overall, 40% (N = 172) had recurrent pancreatitis versus 46% (N = 28/61) following LC and 19% (N = 3/16) following ES. Forty-three percent had stones on pathology after LC; none developed recurrence.

CONCLUSION: Complete workup for IAP is necessary but was performed in <5% of cases. Patients who potentially had IAP and received LC were definitively treated 60% of the time. The high rate of stones on pathology further supports empiric LC in this population. A systematic approach to IAP is lacking. Interventions aimed at biliary-lithiasis to prevent recurrent IAP have merit.

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

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HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association - 25(2023), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 1187-1194

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Englisch

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Wehrle, Chase J [VerfasserIn]
Stackhouse, Kathryn A [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Jenny [VerfasserIn]
Hossain, Mir S [VerfasserIn]
McMichael, John [VerfasserIn]
Roy, Mayank [VerfasserIn]
Augustin, Toms [VerfasserIn]
Naffouje, Samer [VerfasserIn]
Joyce, Daniel [VerfasserIn]
Simon, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Walsh, R Matthew [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 29.09.2023

Date Revised 02.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.hpb.2023.04.016

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NLM357139542