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Acute pancreatitis is a common disease that causes significant morbidity and mortality. More than 300,000 patients are admitted per year for pancreatitis and about 20,000 patients die from this disease per year in the United States.1 In developed countries, obstruction of the common bile duct by stones (38%) and alcohol abuse (36%) are the most frequent causes of acute pancreatitis. Gallstone-induced pancreatitis is caused by duct obstruction of gallstone migration. Obstruction is localized in the bile duct, the pancreatic duct, or both.

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  1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Paul Ellis Marik MBBCh, FCP(SA), FRCP(C), FCCP, FCCM, FACP, MD

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Marik, P.E. (2010). Pancreatitis. In: Handbook of Evidence-Based Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5923-2_37

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