Pancreatitis in Children

Malathi Sathiyasekaran; Vishnu Biradar; Ganesh Ramaswamy; S Srinivas; B Ashish; B Sumathi; D Nirmala; M Geetha

doi:10.1007/s12098-016-2115-1

Pancreatitis in Children

Indian J Pediatr. 2016 Nov;83(12-13):1459-1472. doi: 10.1007/s12098-016-2115-1. Epub 2016 Jun 6.

Authors

Malathi Sathiyasekaran¹, Vishnu Biradar², Ganesh Ramaswamy³, S Srinivas¹, B Ashish⁴, B Sumathi⁵, D Nirmala⁵, M Geetha⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital, Apollo & SMF Hospitals, Chennai, India.
² Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital & CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai-34, India. ganeped79@rediffmail.com.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital & CHILDS Trust Medical Research Foundation, Chennai-34, India.
⁵ Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Institute of Child Health & Hospital for Children, Egmore, Chennai, India.
⁶ Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India.

PMID: 27271883
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-016-2115-1

Abstract

Pancreatic disease in children has a wide clinical spectrum and may present as Acute pancreatitis (AP), Acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP), Chronic pancreatitis (CP) and Pancreatic disease without pancreatitis. This article highlights the etiopathogenesis and management of pancreatitis in children along with clinical data from five tertiary care hospitals in south India [Chennai (3), Cochin and Pune].

Keywords: Acute; Children; Chronic; Pancreatitis; Recurrent.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Child
Chronic Disease
Humans
India
Pancreatitis* / diagnosis
Pancreatitis* / etiology
Pancreatitis* / therapy
Recurrence