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ReviewClinical journal of gastroenterology2019

Idiopathic acute pancreatitis: a review on etiology and diagnostic work-up.

Giovanna Del Vecchio Blanco, Cristina Gesuale, Marzia Varanese, Giovanni Monteleone, Omero Alessandro Paoluzi

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Review in Clinical journal of gastroenterology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Cholecystectomy for idiopathic acute pancreatitis: Not yet there!Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association
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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 1 institution in 1 country.

Giovanna Del Vecchio BlancoGastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy. giovanna.del.vecchio.blanco@uniroma2.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6327-563X
Cristina GesualeGastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8519-4817
Marzia VaraneseGastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9822-8334
Giovanni MonteleoneGastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1339-9076
Omero Alessandro PaoluziGastroenterology Unit, Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5393-5796
University of Rome Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common disease associated with a substantial medical and financial burden, and with an incidence across Europe ranging from 4.6 to 100 per 100,000 population. Although most cases of AP are caused by gallstones or alcohol abuse, several other causes may be responsible for acute inflammation of the pancreatic gland. Correctly diagnosing AP etiology is a crucial step in the diagnostic and therapeutic work-up of patients to prescribe the most appropriate therapy and to prevent recurrent attacks leading to the development of chronic pancreatitis. Despite the improvement of diagnostic technologies, and the availability of endoscopic ultrasound and sophisticated radiological imaging techniques, the etiology of AP remains unclear in ~ 10-30% of patients and is defined as idiopathic AP (IAP). The present review aims to describe all the conditions underlying an initially diagnosed IAP and the investigations to consider during diagnostic work-up in patients with non-alcoholic non-biliary pancreatitis.

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Acute DiseaseAutoimmune DiseasesBiliary Tract NeoplasmsEarly DiagnosisGallstonesGenetic Diseases, InbornHumansInfectionsMetabolic DiseasesMitochondrial DiseasesMutationPancreasPancreatic NeoplasmsPancreatitisRheumatic DiseasesSphincter of Oddi DysfunctionAcute pancreatitisEndoscopic ultrasonographyIdiopathic pancreatitisMRCPPRSS1/SPINK1/CTRC mutations

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PMID31041651
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