What have we learned about acute pancreatitis in children?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 262-270

  Bai, Harrison X ^a   Lowe, Mark E ^b   Husain, Sohail Z ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

acute pancreatitis; children; infants; pediatric; toddlers

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; APROTININ; ASPARAGINASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; MERCAPTOPURINE; PANCREAS ENZYME; PREDNISONE; TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRYPSIN; TRYPSINOGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACINAR CELL; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADENOVIRUS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASCITES; BACKACHE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHICKENPOX; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FALLING; FEVER; GALLSTONE; GENE MUTATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMAGE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MORTALITY; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITION; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; SEPSIS; SPORT INJURY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; VOMITING;

CHILD; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PANCREATITIS; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 79952310792     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3182061d75     Document Type: Review

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