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. 2014 Dec 28;20(48):18432–18438. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i48.18432

Table 3.

Prevalence of exocrine and endocrine pancreatic insufficiency after acute pancreatitis

Ref. Year Follow-up n Etiology Methods Exocrine insufficiency Endocrine insufficiency
Glasbrenner et al[27] 1992 Acute phase and after 1 mo 29 oedematous AP Alcohol, gallstone FDL serum test, fecal chymotrypsin FDL abnormal: 79% in acute phase and 10% after 1 mochymotrypsin abnormal: 69% in acute phase and 3% after 1 mo Has not been determined
Seidensticker et al[26] 1995 34 mo 38 Alcohol, gallstone, unexplained SPT, fecal fat analysis, ERCP 50% had one or more abnormal tests Has not been determined
Bozkurt et al[8] 1995 4 wk-18 mo 53all severe AP Alcohol, gallstone Lundh test meal with measurement of duodenal secretion and enzyme activity 6%-84% of all patients; 6%-26% marked and 74%-81% moderate Has not been determined
Tsiotos et al[7] 1998 5 yr 44severe AP Alcohol, gallstone, post-ERCP, hereditary Fecal fat excretion, fasting plasma glucose 25% 36.4%
Appelros et al[6] 2001 Mean 7 yr 26all severe AP Alcohol, gallstone, post-ERCP, hyperlipidemia, unexplained Triolein test, fasting plasma glucose, HbA1c 69.2% with pathologic triolein test 43%
Boreham et al[2] 2003 Acute phase and after 3 mo 2316 mild, 7 severe AP Alcohol, gallstone, post-ERCP, hyperlipidemia, unexplained Fecal elastase-1, fasting plasma glucose 34.8% of all patients; 26.1% after severe and 8.7% after mild AP 17.4% of all patients; 13.0% after severe and 4.4% after mild AP
Connor et al[3] 2005 29 mo 63after necrosectomy Alcohol, gallstone Clinical symptoms of steatorrhea, OGTT 25% 33%
Symersky et al[1] 2006 4.6 yr 3422 mild, 12 severe AP Gallstone, post-ERCP PABA test, OGTT, PP secretion, fecal fat analysis 64.7% of all patients; 29.4% after severe and 35.3% after mild AP 35%
Pezzilli et al[4] 2009 Acute phase (on the day of refeeding) 7560 mild, 15 severe AP Alcohol, gallstone, hyperlipidemia Fecal elastase-1 12% of all patients; 2.7% after severe and 9.3% after mild AP Has not been determined
Gupta et al[5] 2009 Mean 31 mo 3021 with necrosis Alcohol, gallstone, unexplained Fecal fat excretion, urinary D-xylose excretion, OGTT 40% 40%
Present study 2013 Mean 2.7 yr 10017 with necrosis Alchohol, gallstone, hyperlipidemia, unexplained, drug-induced, Fecal elastase-1, OGTT 21% 14%

AP: Acute pancreatitis; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; FDL: Fluorescein dilaurate; HbA1c: Glycated hemoglobin; OGTT: Oral glucose tolerance test; PABA: 4-aminobenzoic acid; PP: Pancreatic polypeptide; SPT: Secretin-pancreozymin test.