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18628734

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
Endoscopists who perform endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) are frequently pressured to perform urgent (usually night or weekend) ERCP in patients with acute biliary pancreatitis in the belief that this procedure reduces morbidity and mortality. However, with the exception of those patients with concurrent acute cholangitis, data that urgent ERCP with biliary compression is helpful in all patients with acute gallstone pancreatitis are lacking. In this Practice Point commentary, I discuss the findings and limitations of a meta-analysis conducted by Petrov et al. that pooled data from three randomized, controlled trials that included 450 patients in total. Four other randomized, controlled trials on this topic were excluded from the analysis because of methodologic problems. The authors concluded that early ERCP was not associated with a significant reduction in complications or mortality in patients with predicted mild or severe acute biliary pancreatitis.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1743-4386
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
484-5
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Should urgent ERCP be performed in patients with acute biliary pancreatitis without acute cholangitis?
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Gastroenterology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC 27707, USA. jbaillie@wfubmc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comment