Acute pancreatitis. A review with an emphasis on new developments

Acute pancreatitis: value of CT in establishing prognosis.

1990 • 1,623 citations

CONTROLLED TRIAL OF URGENT ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY AND ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY VERSUS CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT FOR ACUTE PANCREATITIS DUE TO GALLSTONES

1988 • 875 citations

Prognostic factors in acute pancreatitis.

1984 • 718 citations

Gallstone Migration as a Cause of Acute Pancreatitis

1974 • 631 citations

Acute pancreatitis: prognostic value of CT.

1985 • 600 citations

A single-centre double-blind trial of Trasylol therapy in primary acute pancreatitis

1978 • 535 citations

Biliary Sludge as a Cause of Acute Pancreatitis

1992 • 505 citations

Prediction of outcome in acute pancreatitis: A comparative study of APACHE II, clinical assessment and multiple factor scoring systems

1990 • 483 citations

Death due to acute pancreatitis

1985 • 474 citations

A prospective longitudinal study of observation versus surgical intervention in the management of necrotizing pancreatitis

1991 • 416 citations

Etiological and prognostic factors in human acute pancreatitis: a review.

1982 • 401 citations

Drug-induced pancreatitis: A critical review

1980 • 401 citations

Early diagnosis of pancreatic infection by computed tomography-guided aspiration

1987 • 387 citations

Occult microlithiasis in ‘idiopathic’ acute pancreatitis: Prevention of relapses by cholecystectomy or ursodeoxycholic acid therapy

1991 • 381 citations

Elevation of serum interleukin-6 concentration precedes acute-phase response and reflects severity in acute pancreatitis

1991 • 350 citations

C-reactive protein, antiproteases and complement factors as objective markers of severity in acute pancreatitis

1989 • 319 citations

Necrosectomy and postoperative local lavage in necrotizing pancreatitis

1988 • 318 citations

Percutaneous drainage of infected and noninfected pancreatic pseudocysts: experience in 101 cases.

1989 • 297 citations

Trypsinogen activation peptides assay in the early prediction of severity of acute pancreatitis

1990 • 268 citations

Revised classification of pancreatitis. Report of the Second International Symposium on the Classification of Pancreatitis in Marseille, France, March 28-30, 1984.

1985 • 253 citations

Controlled Clinical Trial of Peritoneal Lavage for the Treatment of Severe Acute Pancreatitis

1985 • 249 citations

Gallstone pancreatitis: a prospective randomized trial of the timing of surgery.

1988 • 246 citations

Early total parenteral nutrition in acute pancreatitis: Lack of beneficial effects

1987 • 245 citations

A Prospective Study to Determine the Efficacy of Antibiotics in Acute Pancreatitis

1976 • 231 citations

Evaluation and treatment of the dominant dorsal duct syndrome (pancreas divisum redefined)

1990 • 227 citations

Where Does Serum Amylase Come From and Where Does It Go?

1990 • 225 citations

Evaluation of prophylactic antibiotics in acute pancreatitis

1975 • 218 citations

Long-term toxicity/activity profile of 2',3'-dideoxyinosine in AIDS or AIDS-related complex

1990 • 217 citations

Trypsin, trypsinogen and trypsin inhibitor in human pancreatic juice

1960 • 206 citations

Acute pancreatitis with hyperlipemia: studies with an isolated perfused canine pancreas.

1977 • 202 citations

CT diagnosis and staging of acute pancreatitis.

1989 • 192 citations

Early surgery for acute gallstone pancreatitis: evaluation of a systematic approach.

1978 • 189 citations

Role of phospholipase A2 in human acute pancreatitis

1989 • 186 citations

C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum phospholipase A2 in the assessment of the severity of acute pancreatitis.

1987 • 179 citations

Identification of pancreas necrosis in severe acute pancreatitis: imaging procedures versus clinical staging.

1986 • 172 citations

Diagnostic Assays in Acute Pancreatitis

1985 • 164 citations

Acute necrotizing pancreatitis in the opossum: Earliest morphological changes involve acinar cells

1992 • 161 citations

Hyperparathyroidism and Pancreatitis

1980 • 160 citations

Ethanol and the pancreas

1990 • 158 citations

Diagnostic imaging of acute pancreatitis: prospective study using CT and sonography

1981 • 158 citations

Pancreatic duct obstruction in rabbits causes digestive zymogen and lysosomal enzyme colocalization.

1989 • 154 citations

Nature and course of pancreatitis caused by 6-mercaptopurine in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

1986 • 154 citations

Pancreatitis

1984 • 152 citations

Surgical Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis

1989 • 150 citations

Infected pancreatic fluid collections: percutaneous catheter drainage.

1988 • 149 citations

Marked Hyperlipidemia and Pancreatitis Associated with Oral Contraceptive Therapy

1973 • 148 citations

Pancreatic abscess and infected pancreatic necrosis

1987 • 147 citations

Prediction of Pancreatic Necrosis by Dynamic Pancreatography

1989 • 143 citations

Pancreatic Abscess and Infected Pancreatic Necrosis: Different Local Septic Complications in Acute Pancreatitis

1987 • 138 citations

Evaluating tests for acute pancreatitis.

1990 • 132 citations

Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Mixed Connective Tissue Disease

1990 • 117 citations

Antibiotics in acute pancreatitis

1989 • 117 citations

Acute Pancreatitis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

1982 • 117 citations

CT of acute pancreatitis: correlation between lack of contrast enhancement and pancreatic necrosis.

1991 • 116 citations

Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography scanning and prediction of severity of acute pancreatitis: A prospective study

1989 • 114 citations

Surgical strategies in the treatment of pancreatic necrosis and infection

1991 • 113 citations

Early Detection of Acute Fulminant Pancreatitis by Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography

1983 • 110 citations

Acute pancreatitis after cardiopulmonary bypass

1985 • 107 citations

Role of serum pancreatic enzyme assays in diagnosis of pancreatic disease

1989 • 107 citations

Somatostatin in the treatment of acute pancreatitis: a prospective randomised controlled trial.

1989 • 100 citations

Pancreatic trauma: a review.

1972 • 99 citations

Systemic complications of acute pancreatitis.

1988 • 98 citations

Pancreatic Carcinoma as a Cause of Unexplained Pancreatitis: Report of Ten Cases

1990 • 94 citations

Long Peritoneal Lavage Decreases Pancreatic Sepsis in Acute Pancreatitis

1990 • 91 citations

Prevalence of normal serum amylase levels in patients with acute alcoholic pancreatitis

1983 • 91 citations

Serial computed tomography scanning in acute pancreatitis: a prospective study.

1989 • 90 citations

Assessment of severity in acute pancreatitis.

1991 • 88 citations

Lipase/amylase ratio

1991 • 88 citations

The Role of Surgery in the Management of Acute Pancreatitis

1990 • 83 citations

Multicentre clinical trial of low volume fresh frozen plasma therapy in acute pancreatitis

1987 • 81 citations

Indomethacin Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis: A Controlled Double-Blind Trial

1985 • 81 citations

Percutaneous Catheter Drainage of Infected Pancreatic and Peripancreatic Fluid Collections

1990 • 80 citations

Latent onset of clinical pancreatitis in children receiving l-asparaginase therapy

1974 • 77 citations

Comparison of serum amylase pancreatic isoamylase and lipase in patients with hyperamylasemia

1984 • 75 citations

Influence of Peritoneal Lavage on Objective Prognostic Signs in Acute Pancreatitis

1986 • 71 citations

Pancreatitis Associated with Isotretinoin-lnduced Hypertriglyceridemia

1987 • 68 citations

Acute Pancreatitis in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease Without Transplantation

1986 • 67 citations

Nasogastric suction in the treatment of alcoholic pancreatitis. A controlled study.

1974 • 66 citations

Cimetidine in the treatment of acute alcoholic pancreatitis. A randomized, double-blind study.

1979 • 66 citations

Esterase Inhibitors Prevent Lysosomal Enzyme Redistribution in Two Noninvasive Models of Experimental Pancreatitis

1989 • 66 citations

Acute pancreatitis during oral 5-aminosalicylic acid therapy

1990 • 65 citations

Pancreatitis and hyperparathyroidism

1988 • 65 citations

Evaluation of atropine in acute pancreatitis.

1979 • 64 citations

Application of Sphincter of Oddi Manometry in Routine Clinical Investigations

1991 • 62 citations

Early detection of biliary pancreatitis

1984 • 61 citations

The use of somatostatin in acute pancreatitis--results of a multicenter trial.

1990 • 60 citations

Panc reatic Enzymes in Chronic Renal Failure

1987 • 59 citations

Surgical management of acute pancreatitis

1990 • 58 citations

Cytomegalovirus-associated acute pancreatic disease in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

1990 • 58 citations

Prospective, randomized trial of nasogastric suction in patients with acute pancreatitis.

1986 • 56 citations

Recurrent pancreatitis induced by valproic acid

1981 • 56 citations

Serum amylase in patients with renal insufficiency and renal failure.

1990 • 55 citations

Acute pancreatitis after renal transplantation

1989 • 54 citations

The spectrum of pancreatic disorders in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

1989 • 54 citations

Acute (Nonprogressive) Alcoholic Pancreatitis

1986 • 54 citations

Acute Pancreatitis Associated with Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole

1986 • 50 citations

Failure of glucagon in the treatment of alcoholic pancreatitis

1978 • 45 citations

DISTRIBUTION OF LEWIS-RELATED AND ABH BLOOD-GROUP ANTIGENS IN HUMAN-PANCREAS

1985 • 45 citations

Metronidazole-Associated Pancreatitis

1988 • 45 citations

A clinical trial of cimetidine in acute pancreatitis.

1982 • 44 citations

Serum phospholipase A2 activity in acute pancreatitis: An early guide to severity

1989 • 44 citations

Acetaminophen Induced Pancreatitis

1991 • 42 citations

Case Report: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Presenting Initially with Acute Pancreatitis and a Review of the Literature

1989 • 41 citations

Sonography in acute pancreatitis.

1989 • 39 citations

Metastasis-Induced Acute Pancreatitis in Small Cell Bronchogenic Carcinoma

1979 • 38 citations

High-dose cytosine arabinoside-associated pancreatitis

1985 • 37 citations

Pancreatitis After Administration of Sulindac

1981 • 36 citations

The amylase profile: A discriminant in biliary and pancreatic disease

1987 • 36 citations

Pancreatitis after cardiac and cardiopulmonary transplantation.

1985 • 36 citations

Acute Hemorrhagic Pancreatitis Associated with Administration of Chlorthalidone

1962 • 36 citations

Prevalence and nature of hyperamylasemia in acute alcoholism

1981 • 36 citations

A comparative study of contrast agents for endoscopic retrograde pancreatography.

1991 • 35 citations

The Pathophysiology of Alcoholic Pancreatitis

1986 • 34 citations

Pancreatitis caused by methyldopa.

1981 • 33 citations

Corticosteroid-induced pancreatitis: a case report demonstrating recurrence with rechallenge.

1988 • 33 citations

Hyperamylasemia in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

1992 • 32 citations

Clinical course and autopsy findings in acute and chronic pancreatitis.

1982 • 31 citations

Ranitidine‐associated recurrent acute pancreatitis

1990 • 29 citations

Acute Pancreatitis Due to Procainamide-Induced Lupus Erythematosus

1975 • 27 citations

Adverse effects of ethacrynic acid.

1967 • 25 citations

Methemalbumin in acute pancreatitis: an evaluation of its prognostic value and comparison with multiple prognostic parameters.

1989 • 25 citations

An Evaluation of the Common Channel as a Factor in Pancreatic or Biliary Disease

1960 • 25 citations

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Caused by Ampullary Villous Adenoma

1990 • 25 citations

Pancreatitis and pancreatic necrosis during sulfasalazine therapy.

1985 • 25 citations

Azathioprine-Associated acute pancreatitis in the course of chronic active hepatitis

1984 • 25 citations

Loop Diuretic‐induced Pancreatitis with Rechallenge in a Patient with Malignant Hypertension and Renal Insufficiency

1988 • 25 citations

Pentamidine-associated pancreatitis

1989 • 24 citations

Nitrofurantoin-induced pancreatitis: Report of a case

1983 • 23 citations

Tetracycline-Induced Pancreatitis

1987 • 21 citations

Ischemic Pancreatitis and Hepatitis Secondary to Ergotamine Poisoning

1987 • 19 citations

Phenformin-Associated Pancreatitis

1977 • 18 citations

Computed Tomography and Acute Pancreatitis

1990 • 18 citations

Pancreatic Tuberculosis

1990 • 15 citations

Danazol induced pancreatitis and hepatitis

1990 • 14 citations

Acute pancreatitis associated with high-dose interleukin-2 immunotherapy for malignant melanoma.

1990 • 14 citations

Suspected cimetidine-induced acute pancreatitis.

1989 • 11 citations

Hereditary pancreatitis: report of an affected Canadian kindred and review of the disease.

1981 • 11 citations

Idiopathic calcific pancreatitis, CRST syndrome and progressive systemic sclerosis.

1979 • 8 citations

Antiproteases: Effective Treatment with Gabexate Mesilate

1987 • 1 citations