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. 2015 Nov;61(5):568-70.
doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000000890.

Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in Children With Chronic Pancreatitis in the United States

Chaitanya Pant  1 , Thomas J Sferra
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Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations in Children With Chronic Pancreatitis in the United States

Chaitanya Pant et al. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2015 Nov.

Abstract

We analyzed 2 national databases to assess the use of health care resources by children with chronic pancreatitis (CP). In 2012, the hospital discharge rate for pediatric CP was 2.73/100,000 children. Patients with CP were sicker with a greater burden of illness than age- and sex-matched counterparts. Acute pancreatitis occurred frequently in hospitalized children with CP. Abdominal pain and nausea, and vomiting were the most common gastrointestinal symptoms associated with emergency department visits in children with CP. A significant proportion of these visits resulted in a hospitalization. These findings add to our understanding of the epidemiology of CP in the United States.

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