The outcome of management of acute pancreatitis

Adherence to the evidence-based guidelines in the management of acute biliary pancreatitis: A case series

“…The mean age was 36.2 years with the majority of cases in the age group of 21–40 years (40%). The mean age of the study population of 36.2 years appears significantly lower when compared to other studies in which the mean age was in the sixth decade Nagarjuna and Prasad [ 12 ] , 2016, O'Farrell et al, [ 14 ] , 2007 and Francisco et al [ 15 ] , 2013 . A possible explanation of the lower age in this study is the ethnic disparity, the differences in food habits, and that chronic calcular cholecystitis is more common in this age group in our locality.…”

“…Female predominance was also reported in a study by Reid et al [ 11 ] , 2017 (female were 76.9%), and Nesvaderani et al [ 6 ] , 2015 (females were 50.4%). Male predominance was reported in other studies such as Nagarjuna and Prasad [ 12 ], 2016 (males were 55%), Krishna et al [ 13 ] , 2017 (Males were 52.19). This can be explained by the rising incidence of biliary disease among females in our community.…”