Chronic Pancreatitis in Females is Not Associated With Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes: A Retrospective Analysis.

Background: The effects of chronic pancreatitis (CP) on pregnancy and vice versa have not been studied well. We aimed to study the impact of CP on pregnancy-related outcomes and the effect of pregnancy on clinical profile of CP.

Study And Goals: We did a retrospective analysis of all female patients of CP of child-bearing age (above 18 y).

Malnutrition by GLIM criteria in chronic pancreatitis: Prevalence, predictors, and its impact on quality of life.

Introduction: Malnutrition in chronic pancreatitis (CP) has prognostic value and there is limited data on the prevalence, predictors of malnutrition in CP and its effect on Quality of life (QoL).

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in patients with CP to assess the prevalence of malnutrition as per the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria. Multivariable-adjusted regression was used to identify independent predictors of both malnutrition and global QoL.

Visceral scalloping in pancreatic ascites: An uncommon manifestation of pancreatitis.

Scalloping of visceral organs like liver and spleen can cause certain peritoneal diseases. It has usually been described with pseudomyxoma peritonei and peritoneal carcinomatosis. Occasionally, it has also been described with certain benign conditions like peritoneal tuberculosis.

Reduction of intra-abdominal pressure after percutaneous catheter drainage of pancreatic fluid collection predicts survival.

Objective: Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) can adversely affect the outcome in patients of acute pancreatitis (AP). Effect of percutaneous drainage (PCD) on IAH has not been studied. We studied the effect of PCD on IAH in patients with acute fluid collections.

Ascites in acute pancreatitis: not a silent bystander.

Background & Aim: Ascites in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) is understudied although recent literature hints at its evident role in the final outcome. This study was planned to study the characteristics of ascites in patients of AP and its effect on the disease course and outcome.

Methods: Consecutive patients of AP were studied and patients with or without ascites were evaluated for the baseline parameters and severity assessment.

Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Tissue Acquisition: Techniques and Challenges.

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS FNA) has made pathological diagnosis of pancreatic neoplasms, diseases involving lymph nodes at various mediastinal and abdominal sites, gastrointestinal submucosal lesions, perirectal lesions, adrenal lesions, and mediastinal masses easy. EUS-guided FNA is a multistep procedure that involves assessment of proper clinical indication, correct selection of FNA needles, and adoption of evidence-based techniques for tissue sampling. EUS FNA is done by needles that are available in different sizes, mainly 25, 22, and 19-gauge needle.

Symmetrical peripheral gangrene: A rare complication of plasmodium falciparum malaria.

Malaria, the most important of the parasitic diseases of humans, is transmitted in 108 countries containing 3 billion people and causes nearly 1 million deaths each year. With the re-emergence of malaria various life-threatening complications of malaria have been observed. Unarousable coma/cerebral malaria, severe normochromic, normocytic anemia, renal failure, pulmonary edema/adult respiratory distress syndrome, hypoglycemia, hypotension/shock, bleeding/disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), hemoglobinuria and jaundice are few of the common complications of severe malaria.