Pancreatic Disorders News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Local injury, toxin exposure and systemic disease were among the top contributors to development of diabetes mellitus in patients with acute pancreatitis, according to a researcher at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

WASHINGTON — Neonates with sepsis were exposed to more antibiotics throughout their NICU admissions than controls and were found to have microbiome dysbiosis, researchers reported.

Procalcitonin-guided care reduced antibiotic use without increasing the risk for infection among patients with acute pancreatitis compared with standard care, according to research published in The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

In this Endo-Sketch, a Healio video series on clinical conditions named after famous colleagues, Klaus Mergener, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the origin of the Whipple procedure and Whipple disease.

Fecal microbiota-based screening may help with early detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, according to a study published in Gut.

Pre-procedural rectal indomethacin administration safely and effectively reduced the incidence of post-extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy pancreatitis compared with placebo, according to research.

Patients with IgG4-related disease are at a higher risk for cancer — particularly pancreatic and lymphoma — compared with the general population, according to a meta-analysis published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Severe gastrointestinal conditions, such as exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, were difficult to recognize and often misdiagnosed, according to survey results from the American Gastroenterological Association.

LAS VEGAS – A trained convolutional neural network detected key cholangioscopy image features suggestive of malignancy supporting intra-procedural decision making, according to a presentation at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

Predicted severe acute biliary pancreatitis treated with early endoscopic retrograde cholangiography with sphincterotomy did not reduce major complications or mortality compared with conservative treatment, according to a presenter.