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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2023

Current trends in acute pancreatitis: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

Enver Zerem, Admir Kurtcehajic, Suad Kunosić, Dina Zerem Malkočević, Omar Zerem

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
99citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
41.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

99 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Prognostic Value of Albumin-Bilirubin Score in Acute Pancreatitis: Insights From the MIMIC-IV Database.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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  17. MiR-324-5p mitigates experimental acute pancreatitis by suppressing Rock2 expression.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2026
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  18. The role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios in predicting the severity of acute biliary pancreatitis.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2026
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39 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Enver ZeremDepartment of Medical Sciences, The Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina. zerem@live.com.
Admir KurtcehajicDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Plava Medical Group, Tuzla 75000, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Suad KunosićDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Tuzla, Tuzla 75000, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dina Zerem MalkočevićDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital "Safet Mujić" Mostar, Mostar 88000, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Omar ZeremDepartment of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital "Safet Mujić" Mostar, Mostar 88000, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
University Clinical Hospital Mostar · BAUniversity of Tuzla · BAAcademy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina · BA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease of the pancreas, which can progress to severe AP, with a high risk of death. It is one of the most complicated and clinically challenging of all disorders affecting the abdomen. The main causes of AP are gallstone migration and alcohol abuse. Other causes are uncommon, controversial and insufficiently explained. The disease is primarily characterized by inappropriate activation of trypsinogen, infiltration of inflammatory cells, and destruction of secretory cells. According to the revised Atlanta classification, severity of the disease is categorized into three levels: Mild, moderately severe and severe, depending upon organ failure and local as well as systemic complications. Various methods have been used for predicting the severity of AP and its outcome, such as clinical evaluation, imaging evaluation and testing of various biochemical markers. However, AP is a very complex disease and despite the fact that there are of several clinical, biochemical and imaging criteria for assessment of severity of AP, it is not an easy task to predict its subsequent course. Therefore, there are existing controversies regarding diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, their effectiveness and complications in the treatment of AP. The main reason being the fact, that the pathophysiologic mechanisms of AP have not been fully elucidated and need to be studied further. In this editorial article, we discuss the efficacy of the existing diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, complications and treatment failure in the management of AP.

Indexed as

PancreatitisAcute DiseaseBiomarkersDiagnostic ImagingHumansPancreasSeverity of Illness IndexBiomarkersAntibioticsDiagnostic criteriaEtiology and pathogenesisManagement of complicationsNutritionPancreatitis

Identifiers

PMID37274068
PMCPMC10237108
OpenAlexW4376119951

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