title: The problem of prognosis in pancreatitis.
abstract: Prognosis in pancreatitis is at best difficult and uncertain. Certain complicating factors, however, occur in statistically established percentages of chronic cases: Calcification in 35 to 50 per cent, diabetes (usually mild) in 15 to 25 per cent, and cysts, pseudo-cysts or abscesses in 10 to 15 per cent. Steatorrhea (which may cause severe malnutrition) and diabetes are more common in cases in which calcification develops.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: MEHERIN
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: BARBIERI
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis; D011379:Prognosis; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition; D045602:Steatorrhea