For patients with necrotizing severe acute pancreatitis, several key clinical risk factors contributed to risk of developing infected pancreatic necrosis, a small study from Finland found. Independent ...

Brown line (model) = ROC of our IPN prediction model, which had the best prediction scores. Cyan line (APACHE II) = ROC drawn based on APACHE II scores. Orange line (Marshall) = ROC of Marshall scores ...

A new prediction model for infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) offers a groundbreaking approach to improving patient outcomes. Developed by a team of ...

Upfront endoscopic necrosectomy may be suitable for certain patients with confirmed or suspected infected necrotizing pancreatitis, results of a small randomized trial suggested. In 70 patients ...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of the EndoRotor System to resect (cut out) and remove necrotic (dead) tissue for patients with walled-off pancreatic necrosis (WOPN), ...

Acute pancreatitis is the third most common gastrointestinal condition associated with hospitalization in the United States and is the primary diagnosis in hundreds of thousands of emergency ...

Orlando, Tuesday, May 20, 2003 -- This year's Digestive Disease Week meeting has provided a rich harvest of original work and expert opinion in the area of hepatobiliary and pancreatic disorders. Both ...

The Russian socio-political newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe has reported that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is seriously ill with pancreatic necrosis with no hope of recovery. [The Chechen Republic, ...

Credit: Getty Images. Although the clinical presentation of acute pancreatitis may vary, the most common symptom occurring in 95% of cases is deep epigastric pain that radiates to the back.