Clinical progress on acute recurrent pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis in children / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Pancreatitis is one of the common diseases of digestive system in children, especially acute recurrent pancreatitis(ARP)and chronic pancreatitis(CP)which can seriously affect the life quality of children and increase the burden of the family.With the application of gene detection technology in recent years, the awareness of etiology and risk factors on ARP and CP is inhenced.And also the application of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)offers hope for patients′ treatment.Therefore, this article will review the risk factors, clinical manifestation, auxiliary examination, diagnosis and treatment of ARP and CP to make patients obtain better assessment and reasonable treatment.