The prevention, recognition and treatment of post-ERCP pancreatitis

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 88-97

  Badalov, Nison ^a   Tenner, Scott ^a   Baillie, John ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde; Pancreatitis, acute necrotizing; Review; Stents; Therapeutics

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALLOPURINOL; BETA CAROTENE; CEFTAZIDIME; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; GABEXATE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIFEDIPINE; OCTREOTIDE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; SOMATOSTATIN; ULINASTATIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODDI SPHINCTER; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DETERMINATION; SPHINCTEROTOMY; STENT; VATER PAPILLA STENOSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149124854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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