Chronic pancreatitis: diagnosis and management of complications
Autor: | A. R. W. Hatfield, D Churchill, Stephen P. Pereira, S Cairns, GJ Webster, Nicholas I. Church |
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Rok vydání: | 2007 |
Předmět: |
Abdominal pain
medicine.medical_specialty Pancreatic disease Cirrhosis Variable interval business.industry General surgery education Gastroenterology medicine.disease Gut Tutorial Pancreatic cancer medicine Pancreatitis Pancreatic structure medicine.symptom business Complication health care economics and organizations |
Zdroj: | Gut. 56:1189-1190 |
ISSN: | 0017-5749 |
DOI: | 10.1136/gut.2007.132498 |
Popis: | This is an introduction to the Gut tutorial “Chronic pancreatitis: diagnosis and management of complications” hosted on BMJ Learning—the best available learning website for medical professionals, from the BMJ Group. Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive inflammatory condition that leads to irreversible loss of pancreatic structure and function. Eighty percent of cases are due to alcohol misuse. Chronic pancreatitis usually presents with abdominal pain, followed at a variable interval … |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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