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RISK FACTORS FOR POST ERCP PANCREATITIS: A NARRATIVE REVIEW

Faisal Hammad Alatawi, Hussam Abdullah Faleh Albalawi, Ahmed Mahmoud Ghabban, Ahmed Abdulrahman Albalawi, Muath Atallah Albalawi, Khalil Fathi Alsharif, Saeed Awad Albalawi, Hadeel Mahmoud Alomrani

Background: Post- endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis (PEP) is the commonest and a severe complication after either diagnostic or therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Aim: This review aimed at evaluating the risk factors for PEP which is important for recognizing the high-risk patients to choose the proper management and diagnostic factors. Methods: The PubMed and Google Scholar databases were searched using the keywords: risk factors, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and pancreatitis, then the articles were evaluated then all the eligible English studies during the last ten years considering the risk factors for PEP among patients either undergoing therapeutic or diagnostic ERCP were included in the present study. Results: The search results produced 27 articles that were published between 2009 and 2019. Conclusion: female gender, previous PEP, previous pancreatitis, cholesystectomy, and SOD were all risk factors for PEP and should be considered to avoid the induction of PEP. Keywords: risk factors, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), pancreatitis

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