Acute Pancreatitis: Study of Possible Etiologies and Risk Factors Affecting Outcome
Acute Pancreatitis: Study of Possible Etiologies and Risk Factors Affecting Outcome
This study is to assess the frequency of different etiologies of acute pancreatitis in our
 locality & assess the effect of different risk factors on outcome of the patients.
Inclusion Criteria:

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 Diagnosis of acute pancreatitis according to the following: the presence of two of the
 three following criteria:

 -  abdominal pain consistent with the disease

 -  serum amylase and or lipase greater than three times the upper limit of normal

 -  characteristic findings from abdominal imaging Contrast-enhanced computed tomographic
 (CECT) and or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pancreas

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  No exclusion criteria .