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ReviewNature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology2010

Etiology and diagnosis of acute biliary pancreatitis.

Erwin J M van Geenen, Donald L van der Peet, Pranav Bhagirath, Chris J J Mulder, Marco J Bruno

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Review in Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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56citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Prediction Models of Severity in Acute Biliary Pancreatitis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  19. Turkish Society of Gastroenterology: Pancreas Working Group, Acute Pancreatitis Committee Consensus Report.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2024
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  20. Comment on "Immediate Oral Refeeding in Patients With Mild and Moderate Acute Pancreatitis: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial (PADI Trial)".Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Erwin J M van GeenenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, VU-University Medical Center, P. O. Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ejm.vangeenen@vumc.nl
Donald L van der Peet
Pranav Bhagirath
Chris J J Mulder
Marco J Bruno
Amsterdam UMC Location VUmc · NLErasmus MC · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Establishing a biliary etiology in acute pancreatitis is clinically important because of the potential need for invasive treatment, such as endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. The etiology of acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP) is multifactorial and complex. Passage of small gallbladder stones or biliary sludge through the ampulla of Vater seems to be important in the pathogenesis of ABP. Other factors, such as anatomical variations associated with an increased biliopancreatic reflux, bile and pancreatic juice exclusion from the duodenum, and genetic factors might contribute to the development of ABP. A diagnosis of a biliary etiology in acute pancreatitis is supported by both laboratory and imaging investigations. An increased serum level of alanine aminotransferase (>1.0 microkat/l) is associated with a high probability of gallstone pancreatitis (positive predictive value 80-90%). Confirmation of choledocholithiasis is most accurately obtained using endoscopic ultrasonography or magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. This Review discusses the pathogenesis of ABP and the clinical techniques used to predict and establish a biliary origin in patients with suspected ABP.

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Alanine TransaminaseBile DuctsCholangiopancreatography, Magnetic ResonanceEndosonographyHumansPancreatic DuctsPancreatitisAlanine Transaminase

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PMID20703238
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