In the past 6 years, 11 children on valproic acid have developed pancreatitis in our children's hospital. Valproic acid has been used as one of the primary anticonvulsants for generalized seizures in ...

Postprandial increases in lipase and amylase seen with GLP-1 drugs didn't happen in patients who weren't on those medications, providing a potential mechanism by which the drugs may be linked to ...

A previously healthy 23-year-old woman presented to hospital with 2 months of intermittent dyspepsia following meals and acute-onset epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting. Based on the results of ...

If a patient presents with nausea and epigastric pain, the cause may well be acute pancreatitis. Here is how the condition is diagnosed and treated. Pancreatitis has a unique pathologic mechanism ...

Drug-induced acute pancreatitis has been reported as a possible side effect of more than 160 drugs. Drug-induced acute pancreatitis (DIP) has been reported as a possible side effect of more than 160 ...

Acute pancreatitis is a medical emergency and needs to be diagnosed immediately upon admission with severe abdominal pain. Significant history of risk factors like obesity, alcohol use, gall bladder ...