Pancreatitis Overview

Excerpt

The purpose of this overview is:

1. 1

   Define pancreatitis;

2. 2

   Review the risk factors and etiologies of recurrent acute pancreatitis / chronic pancreatitis;

3. 3

   Provide an evaluation strategy to identify the genetic cause of pancreatitis in a proband (when possible);

4. 4

   Review management of pancreatitis;

5. 5

   Inform genetic risk assessment and surveillance of at-risk relatives for detection of early treatable manifestations of hereditary pancreatitis.