• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2022

Purpose: Studies in adults have shown an increasing incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in patients hospitalized with acute pancreatitis (AP). There is lack of epidemiological data on CDI and its impact on hospitalized pediatric patients with AP. Methods: We analyzed the National Inpatient Sample and Kids' Inpatient Database between the years 2003 and 2016 and included all patients (age <21 years) with a primary diagnosis of AP using specific International Classification of Diseases codes. We compared clinical outcomes between children with CDI and those without CDI. Our primary outcome was severe AP and secondary outcomes included length of stay and hospital charges. Results: A total of 123,240 hospitalizations related to AP were analyzed and CDI was noted in 0.6% of the hospital. The prevalence rate of CDI doubled from 0.4% (2003) to 0.8% (2016), p=0.03. AP patients with CDI had increased comorbidities, and also underwent more invasive surgical procedures, p<0.05. AP patients with CDI had a higher in-hospital mortality rate and increased prevalence of severe AP, p<0.001. Multivariate regression models showed that CDI was associated with 2.4 times (confidence interval [CI]: 1.91 to 3.01, p<0.001) increased odds of severe AP. CDI patients had 7.24 (CI: 6.81 to 7.67, p<0.001) additional hospital days while incurring $59,032 (CI: 54,050 to 64,014, p<0.001) additional hospitalization charges. Conclusion: CDI in pediatric patients with AP is associated with adverse clinical outcomes and increased healthcare resource utilization. Further studies are needed to elucidate this association to prevent the development of CDI and to improve outcomes.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.176-185
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• 2024

Purpose: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is common among children in Bangladesh. Its management depends mainly on risk stratification. This study aimed to assess the severity of pediatric AP using computed tomography (CT). Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted in pediatric patients with AP at the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, BSMMU, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Results: Altogether, 25 patients with AP were included, of whom 18 (mean age, 10.27±4.0 years) were diagnosed with mild AP, and 7 (mean age, 10.54±4.0 years) with severe AP. Abdominal pain was present in all the patients, and vomiting was present in 88% of the patients. Etiology was not determined. No significant differences in serum lipase, serum amylase, BUN, and CRP levels were observed between the mild and severe AP groups. Total and platelet counts as well as hemoglobin, hematocrit, serum creatinine, random blood sugar, and serum alanine aminotransferase levels (p>0.05) were significantly higher in the mild AP group than in the severe AP group (p=0.001). The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of CT severity index (CTSI) were 71.4%, 72.2%, 50%, and 86.7%, respectively. In addition, significant differences in pancreatic appearance and necrosis were observed between the two groups on CT. Conclusion: CT can be used to assess the severity of AP. In the present study, the CTSI effectively assessed the severity of AP in pediatric patients.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.137-140
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• 1993

An English bulldog, three years old, hospitalzed as vomitting, severe abdominal pain and intermittent body tremor. In blood examination, WBC, amylase, alkaline phosphatase value showed higher than normal value, so we diagnosed as acute pancreatitis. The bulldog was treated with fluid therapy as Ringer's solution, saline and 5% dextrose, and antibiotics as mixed penicillin with streptomycin, and cephazolin. To prevent shock, dexamethasone was medicated in early time. Also the bulldog was medicated as banamine, vitamine K, atropine and cimetidine. When the English bulldog showed improvement we gave him hill's i/d continuously. Through these procedure, the English bulldog recovered completely.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.106-111
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• 2020

Objectives: Hepatitis A is a typical acute hepatitis caused by hepatovirus, and then most patients recover easily without progression to chronic condition. However, certain cases have the risk of severe symptoms or even death. This case report presented a hepatitis A accompanied with pancreatitis, which had been completely recovered in a Korean medicine hospital. Case presentation: A 38-year woman had felt the malaise, mild chilling, muscle pain and abdominal discomfort for 10 days, which led her visit doctors and took anti-pyretic analgesics and digestants. The symptoms, especially epigastric pain and fatigue, became worse, and then she hospitalized in a Korean medicine hospital. Based on the drastic elevations of hepatic enzymes (aspartate transaminase 1,604 IU/L and alanine transaminase 2,825IU/L) with an anti-HAV IgM positive, she was diagnosed with hepatitis A. After bed rest and herbal drug treatment (CGX and Innae-Tang) for 5 days, the laboratory abnormalities and subjective symptoms had been improved gradually, except the upper gastric discomfort and pain. Those symptoms had anticipated the comorbidity with HAV-induced pancreatitis, supported by the high level of serum lipase release. Another 5-day hospitalized treatment improved all subjective symptoms and then the laboratory results were completely normalized including detection of anti-HAV IgG within 15 days after discharge. Conclusion: This study presented a typical hepatitis A accompanied with pancreatitis, which should be considered in diagnosis and management of hepatitis A.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.79-83
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• 2009

반복적인 복통, 췌장염이 있을 때, 혈액검사에서 중성지방 등의 지질분석을 통해 가족성 킬로미크론혈증의 감별이 필요하며 필요시 LPL 활성도, apo C-II 검사를 실시해야한다. 가족성 킬로미크론혈증으로 진단되었을 경우 식이요법과 약물요법으로 혈중 중성지방을 낮추어 반복적인 췌장염의 발생을 줄이도록 하며, 소아의 경우 식이요법이 어려우므로 보호자와 환자에 대한 교육 역시 중요하다.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.861-870
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• 1997

배 경 : 급성 췌장염의 사망률은 10~18%로 알려져 있으며 사망의 대부분은 급성 호흡 부전과 관련되어 있다. 급성 호흡 부전의 가장 심한 형태인 ARDS의 중요한 췌장염이 알려져 있으나 급성 췌장염 환자들 중 어떤 환자에서 ARDS가 더 잘 발생하는지는 확실히 밝혀져 있지 않다. 급성 췌장염 환자들의 입원 시점에서 ARDS의 발생과 연관된 인자들을 찾아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 연구방법 : 1989년 5월부터 1995년 9월까지 아산 재단 서울 중앙 병원에 입원한 환자 86명 94예를 후향적으로 분석하였다. ARDS는 94예 중 13예(13.8%)에서 발생하였다. 통계 분석은 각 임상 지표들을 단변수 분석과 $x^2$-test를 이용하였다. 연구결과 : 내원 당시 흉부 단순 촬영상 이상 소견이 있는 경우 ARDS가 더 잘 발생하였으며(p<0.05)복부 컴퓨터 촬영 중증 지표가 높을 수록 ARDS가 더 잘 발생하였다(p<0.05). APACHE III score가 높을수록(p<0.01) Murray의 폐손상 점수가 1점 이상인 경우 0점인 경우보다 ARDS발생율이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 패혈증이 동반된 경우 그렇지 않은 경우보다 ARDS발생 위험도가 3.5 배 높았으며 (p<0.05) 다장기 부전이 3개 이상인 경우 다장기 부전이 없는 경우보다 ARDS 발생 위험도가 23.3 배 (p<0.01) 높은 것으로 나타났다. 결 론 : 급성 췌장염 환자 중 내원 당시 흉부 단순 촬영상 이상소견이 있거나 APACHE III score가 Murray의 폐손상 점수가 높을 수록 패혈증이 동반된 경우 다장기 부전이 3개 이상 동반된 경우에 ARDS가 더 잘 발생하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.105-109
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• 2020

The incidence of acute pancreatitis (AP) has increased in the pediatric population over the past few decades and it stands to follow that the complications of severe AP, including symptomatic pancreatic fluid collections (PFCs) will increase as well. In adults, the therapeutic options for this situation have undergone a dramatic evolution from mainly surgical approaches to less invasive endoscopic approaches, mainly endoscopic ultrasound-guided transmural drainage (EUS-TD) followed be direct endoscopic necrosectomy if needed. This has proven safe and effective in adults; however, this approach has not been well studied or reported in pediatric populations. Here we demonstrate that EUS-TD seems to offer a safe, efficacious and minimally invasive approach to the management of large PFCs in pediatric patients by reviewing two representative cases at our institution.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.17-25
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• 1996

Acute pancreatitis(AP) in children is not common but can be associated with severe morbidity rates and its diagnosis is often delayed. Thus, reported mortality rates range from 0 to 78%. We have treated 26 patients with AP from 5 to 17 years of age over the past 17 years. We are intended to assess the relevance of the prognostic criteria used to assess severity of adult AP and to review the etiology, clilical presentation, diagnosis, and management of AP in children. The authors retrospectively reviewed 26 children with AP managed in Kyung Hee University Hospital from 1978 to 1995. Among 26 patients with AP, male were 12, and female were 14. And the mean age of patients was 11.8 years. In 9(34.6%), no definitive cause was identified. Common causes of AP were trauma(23.1%) and biliary tract disease(23.1%). Other etiologies were viral infection(15.4%) and post ERCP(3.8%). The presenting features were abdominal pain(92.3%), vomiting(61.5%), fever(19.2%), submandibular pain(11.5%), and abdominal mass(7.6%). Back pain was rare(3.8%). Abdominal ultrasonographic findings were abnormal in 10 of 16 patients(62.5%) and abdominal CT findings were abnormal for 9 of 9 patients(100%). Seventeen patients(65.3%) were managed conservatively, and nine patients(34.6%) required surgical treatment. There was no mortality. To evaluate the severity of disease, we used the Imrie prognostic criteria used to assess the severity in adult AP. The number of positive criteria was correlated to the duration of hospitalization(r2=0.91) but statistically insignificant(p>0.05). But, the number of positive criteria was correlated to the operative incidence(r2=0.93) and statistically significant(p<0.05). The common causes of AP in children were unknown origin(34.6%), trauma(23.1%), and biliary tract disease(23.1%). Ultrasonography and computed tomography were useful imaging tools of AP in children. The Imrie criteria used to evaluate the severity in adult AP were suspected to be valuable to assess the severity of AP in children.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2010

목 적: 소아에서 급성 췌장염은 췌장을 침범하는 가장 흔한 질환으로 최근 발생 빈도가 증가하고 있다. 이 질환에 대한 보고가 많지 않아 임상적 특징을 알아보고자 본 연구를 시행하였다. 방 법: 1996년 1월부터 2007년 6월까지 부산대학교병원 소아청소년과에서급성 췌장염을 진단받았던 41명을 대상으로 의무 기록을 후향적으로 분석하였다. 급성 췌장염의 진단은 임상 소견, 혈청 amylase 및 lipase치의 상승 및 방사선 소견이 합당한 경우로 하였으며, 이 질환의 원인, 임상 소견 및 경과, 중증도 판정, 치료등을 분석하였다. 결 과: 남자가 20명, 여자가 21명이었고, 진단 시 평균 나이는 8.7${\pm}$4.5세였다. 증상 발현에서 진단까지의 기간은 7.0${\pm}$7.4일이었고, 내원 당시 주증상은 복통 37예(90.2%), 구토 24예(58.5%), 발열과 경구 섭취 불량이 각각 6예(14.6%)였다. 췌장염의 원인으로는 원인불명 22예(53.7%), 총담관낭 9예(22.0%), 췌담관 합류 이상 3예(7.3%), Henoch-schonlein 자반병과 유행성 이하선염이 각각 2예(4.9%)였고 그 외 분할췌장, 용혈 요독 증후군, 외상, 바이러스성 간염, 약물(L-asparaginase)이 각각 1예였다. 간질성 췌장염이 36예(87.8%), 괴사성 췌장염이 5예(12.2%)였고 재발성 췌장염이 4예(9.8%)였다. 방사선학적 소견은 췌종대 18예(43.9%), 췌장 주위 액체저류 12예(29.3%), 복수 10예(24.4%), 췌장 주위 지방괴사 5예(12.2%)였다. 진단 당시 혈청 amylase치는 535.3${\pm}$553.2 U/L, lipase치는 766.2${\pm}$723.6 U/L였고, 혈청 amylase 및 lipase치가 1주 내에 정상으로 회복한 경우가 각각 22예(59.5%), 14예(42.4%)였고, lipase치가 4주 이후에 정상화된 경우가 11예(26.8%)였다. 중증도 판정기준인 APACHE II, Ranson 기준, Balthazar 점수에서 대부분 경증에 해당하였다. 금식과 총정맥 영양이 전례에서 시행되었고, 금식 기간은 평균 13.1${\pm}$17.0일, 총정맥 영양 기간은 평균 8.2${\pm}$13.7일이었다. Octreotide는 8명(19.5%), Gabexate mesilate는 4명(9.8%)에서 투여되었고, 4명에서 조임근절개술이 시행되었다. 합병증으로는 복수(32.3%), 패혈증(16.1%), 거짓낭(12.9%), 신장장애(12.9%), 흉수, 십이지장 궤양, 혈성복막(6.5%) 등이 있었다. 34명이 완전 회복되었고, 2명(4.9%)이 췌장염의 합병증으로 사망하였다. 결 론: 소아 급성 췌장염은 드문 질환이 아니며 성인과는 다른 원인, 증상 및 경과를 보였다. 대부분 환자들이 수 일 이내 완전 회복되지만 아직 사망률이 높으므로 조기 진단과 발병 초기에 중증도를 평가하여 적절한 치료 및 합병증 관리가 중요하다.

• Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.284-289
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• 2023

A 14-year-old girl was admitted to the emergency department for excessive bile-containing vomiting and severe abdominal pain. She had been healthy until she intentionally lost 25 kg over a 6-month period. Thick, bloody bile-mixed food particles were drained from the stomach through a nasogastric tube. Abdominal computed tomography revealed huge stomach dilatation with extensive gastric pneumatosis, possible near rupture, acute pancreatitis, and a very narrow third of the duodenum, indicating superior mesenteric syndrome. Gastrofibroscopy revealed multiple hemorrhagic ulcers and numerous beadlike cystic lesions in the stomach. Laboratory examination results were notable for severe deficiencies in critical nutrients, including iron, zinc, proteins, and prealbumin, as well as undernutrition-associated endocrine complications such as hypothyroidism and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. Excessive vomiting ceased after the endoscopic removal of stagnant gastric contents. Gastric pneumatosis improved after 3 days of supportive care.