A Study on Etiology, Clinical Profile and Outcome of Acute Pancreatitis in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Uttar Pradesh, India

Introduction: Surgeons worldwide treat acute pancreatitis, a complicated illness with a wide range of local and systemic consequences. Acute pancreatitis is a pancreatic inflammatory condition that can affect regional tissues to varied degrees. Our goal was to ascertain the prevalence, cause, and result of AP. The aetiology, clinical characteristics, and prognosis of acute pancreatitis in rural Uttar Pradesh have not been thoroughly studied before. Materials and Methods: The study was done in the Department General surgery at GS Medical college pilkhuwa, Uttar Pradesh, India. The medical superintendent of this medical college granted permission to carry out this investigation. The institutional review board and ethical committee gave its approval. The Institutional Ethics Committee granted an exemption from evaluation because the researcher will not interact with the patient and the study merely entails reviewing hospital records. Case study forms were used to collect required data from the patient charts. Results: Local complications, defined as the presence of acute peripancreatic fluid collection, pancreatic pseudocyst, pancreatic necrosis were observed in 41.6% of cases. Metabolic complications such as acidosis, hypoal- buminemia, hypocalcemia was present in 26.9% of cases. Organ involvement was present in 38.4% of cases and the most common among them was respiratory system involvement. Conclusion: In this article, the aetiology, clinical profile, and outcome of acute pancreatitis are described regionally for the first time. This might be a representation of the situation in emerging nations generally due to similarities in population and institutions. This will assist in creating a hospital policy that will be advantageous.