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Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer

AUTHOR:
Joanna Odenthal
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
  1. Identify the most common causes of acute pancreatitis. 
  2. Describe the clinical and laboratory findings as well as the initial diagnostic steps and management of acute pancreatitis and its complications.
  3. Differentiate between acute and chronic pancreatitis.
  4. List risk factors associated with developing chronic pancreatitis.
  5. Recognize the risk factors and classic presentation of pancreatic cancer. Explain the management and factors affecting prognosis.
Section
AccessMedicine > Huppert’s Notes: Pathophysiology and Clinical Pearls for Internal Medicine > Diseases and Pathophysiology in Gastroenterology > PANCREAS
Section
AccessMedicine > Gastroenterology > Key Clinical Trials and Publications in Gastroenterology > PANCREATITIS > List
Section
AccessMedicine > Huppert’s Notes: Pathophysiology and Clinical Pearls for Internal Medicine > GASTROINTESTINAL MALIGNANCIES > Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Section
AccessMedicine > Huppert’s Notes: Pathophysiology and Clinical Pearls for Internal Medicine > GASTROINTESTINAL MALIGNANCIES > Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNET)
Chapter
AccessMedicine > Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2024 > Acute Pancreatitis
Chapter
AccessMedicine > Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2024 > Chronic Pancreatitis
Chapter
AccessMedicine > Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e > Pancreatic Cancer
Case File
AccessMedicine > Pathophysiology of Disease Cases > Case 81 > Chronic Pancreatitis
Case File
AccessMedicine > Pathophysiology of Disease Cases > Case 80 > Acute Pancreatitis
Case File
AccessMedicine > Case Files: Surgery, 6e > Case 32 > Acute Pancreatitis
Section
AccessMedicine > The Infographic Guide to Medicine > GI/Hepatology > Pancreatitis, Acute
Section
AccessMedicine > The Infographic Guide to Medicine > GI/Hepatology > Pancreatitis, Chronic

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