ACUTE PANCREATITIS Symptoms Diagnosis and Treatment ACUTE PANCREATITIS acute inflammatory process of the pancreas. It is usually associated with severe acute upper abdominal pain and elevated blood levels of pancreatic enzymes The pancreas secretes 1500 to 3000 ml of pancreatic fluid with about 20 enzymes. The disease may be relatively...
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Pancreatitis (inflammatory disease of pancreas) Signs and Symptoms Diagnostic Tests Pancreatic Diseases Pancreatitis is inflammatory disease of pancreas Various presentations of Pancreatitis : · Hypertriglyceridemia · Vitamin B12 malsorption · Hypercalcemia · Hypocalcemia · Hyperglycemia · Ascites · Pleural effusion · Chronic abdominal pain. Pancreatitis Prognosis: Several techniques are used to...
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Acute Peritonitis Causes Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Peritonitis Peritonitis is inflammation of peritoneum. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is defined as an ascitic fluid infection without an evident intraabdominal surgically-treatable source ACUTE PERITONITIS Peritonitis is inflammation of peritoneum. May be localized or diffuse, acute or chronic, infectious or aseptic. Acute peritonitis is...
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