title: [Concomitant pancreatitis in hepatic coma].
abstract: Increased levels of serum amylase were found in 14 out of 34 patients (41%) with coma due to acute liver failure, in 8 out of 55 patients (14%) with hepatic encephalopathy, and in 5 out of 10 patients with a mixed pathogenesis. In 4 patients of the first group (11.7%) and 4 of the second group (7%) pancreatitis was diagnosed at post mortem. The pathogenesis of pancreatitis concomitant with liver failure is unclear. Virus infection and intoxication may do damage to both organs; hemodynamic factors, coagulation defects, and derangements of metabolism may play a role as well.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000681:Amylases / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D010179:Pancreas / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine; D000681:Amylases
vernacular_title: Begleitpankreatitis bei Coma hepaticum.