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Volume 8 Issue 9 (September, 2020)

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To find out the clinical presentation of acute pancreatitis in a tertiary care hospital
Dr. Somen Jha, Dr Pawan Kumar

Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is one of the most common gastrointestinal causes for hospitalization. The diagnosis of AP begins early on in a patient’s course and should be suspected in patients presenting with clinical symptoms and features consistent with AP. Hence; the present study was conducted for assessing the clinical profile of patients with acute pancreatitis. Materials & methods: A total of 200 patients with confirmed diagnosis of AP were enrolled. Complete demographic and clinical history of all the patients was recorded. Clinical manifestations were recorded in separate Performa. Patients with presence of any malignancy neoplasm or any pancreatic tumour were excluded from the present study. Complications were also recorded. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analysed by SPSS software. Results: Mean age of the patients was found to be 53.8 years. Alcohol was the most common etiologic factor found to be present in 58 percent of the patient population. Abdominal pain was seen in 100 percent of the patients. Abdominal distension was seen in 44 percent of the patients. Nausea / vomiting were seen in 46 percent of the patients while fever was seen in 44 percent of the patients. The most common local complication was acute fluid collection, seen in 25 percent of the patients. Conclusion: Abdominal pain, abdominal distension, tachycardia, nausea/vomiting and fever are the most common clinical manifestations seen in AP patients. Key words: Abdominal pain, Acute pancreatitis

 
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