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ETIOLOGICAL PROFILE AND CLINICAL OUTCOME OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS

Dr. Muhammad Adnan Bawany, Dr. Sandesh Kumar, Kamlesh Kumar Ahuja, Dr. Hamid Nawaz Ali Memon, Dr. Samar Raza and *Muhammad Jan Khetran

Objective: To determine the etiological profile and clinical outcome of patients with acute pancreatitis. Patients and Methods:A total of fifty patients of acute pancreatitis were explored and included in the study. All the patients with age >18 years of age diagnosed as AP (having abdominal pain suggestive of acute pancreatitis, increase serum amylase or lipase activity and with characteristic radiological findings. Patients with chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic malignancy and already immmuno compromised were excluded whereas the frequency / percentages (%) and means ±SD computed for study variables. Results:During six month study period total fifty patients had acute pancreatitis were explored and study. The mean ± SD for age (yrs) of population was 49.92±4.53. Regarding gender male 34 (68%) and female 16 (32%), etiology the gall stone 20 (40%), alcohol 08 (16%), idiopathic 11 (22%), hypertriglyceridemia 06 (12%) and autoimmune 05 (10%) while the outcome as recovered 42 (84%) and died 08 (16%) whereas the hospital stay (wks) <1 (76%) and ≥2 (24%) respectively. Conclusion: Acute pancreatitis is a major cause of acute abdomen while the alcohol and gallstone are the most important etiological agents. KeyWords: Acute pancreatitis,etiological profile and outcomes.

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