A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY ON ACUTE PANCREATITIS IN AND AROUND KARNATAKA
Clinically pancreatitis is a inflammation of pancreas. It could be better divided into acute and recurrent pancreatitis. It is studied extensively because of grave prognosis in which stand at 9.8 per 100000 of the population. Of all the abdominal emergencies this particular condition carries the highest mortality & morbidity. The etiology of pancreatitis is attributable to many factors like alcohol , gall stones, ductal causes, vascular, trauma both blunt and surgical, autoimmune disease, metabolic, parasitic and many more. In this study the prime etiological factor is alcohol. The individuals in lower socio economic strata are the ones most affected. Whatever may be the etiological agent, the action of trypsin a pancreatic enzyme on pancreatic cells sets in motion the auto digestion and inflammatory process leading to acute pancreatitis. The understanding of the etiology is essential to strategies therapeautic measures in managing this condition. Here in this series of 115 patients in and around Mangaluru, Karnataka was treated conservatively