Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Early hyperglycemia in acute pancreatitis (AP) is prognostic sign of severe attack. Elevated lipid levels are one of the major risk factors for AP. The objective of this work was to evaluate the glycaemic and lipid profile in patients (pts) with acute pancreatitis, treated in our institution.Methods: A total of sixty nine pts with AP were admitted to a Department of Internal medicine, from January to December 2012.At ...