Increase in the incidence of alcoholic pancreatitis and alcoholic liver disease in Iceland: impact of alcohol consumption.

To analyze the incidence of acute alcoholic pancreatitis and of severe alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and its association with alcohol consumption with identification of both alcoholic cirrhosis (AC) and severe alcoholic hepatitis (AH), in a population-based setting. A search was undertaken in diagnoses database for diagnostic codes in order to find patients hospitalized with incident acute alcoholic pancreatitis (AP) and alcoholic liver disease in Iceland in 2001-2015. Diagnoses were verified in all patients who were retrospectively reviewed.

Risk factors for chronic and recurrent pancreatitis after first attack of acute pancreatitis.

Objective: To study the outcome of acute pancreatitis and risk factors for recurrent and chronic pancreatitis in a population based cohort of patients with first-time acute pancreatitis.

Methods: All patients with first-time acute pancreatitis from 2006-2015 in Iceland were retrospectively evaluated. Medical records were scrutinized and relevant data extracted.