H1N1 influenza presenting as severe acute pancreatitis and multiorgan dysfunction

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is caused by inflammation of the pancreas. Diagnosis requires two of the following three criteria’s: Abdominal pain consistent with the disease, serum amylase or lipase greater than three times the upper limit of normal and imaging consistent with the diagnosis, by using CT or MRI [1]. Etiology of AP includes gallstone, alcohol, drugs, hypertriglyceridemia, trauma, Post ERCP, hypercalcemia, hereditary pancreatitis and vascular. Viral illnesses cause pancreatitis in less than 1% of cases, mainly by mumps, HIV, Coxsackie, hepatitis B, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex etc [2].

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - January 22, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Anwer Habib, Abhinav Jain, Bhawani Singh, Nayer Jamshed Tags: Case Report Source Type: research