title: [Acute pancreatitis and pregnancy--analysis of a 10 year period of time].
abstract: Acute pancreatitis during pregnancy is rare and complicates one in 1000 to 5000 pregnancies. The commonest reasons during pregnancy are: biliary disease, congenital or acquired hypertriglyceridemia and very rarely acute pancreatitis is associated with preeclampsia-eclampsia or HELLP syndrome. We presented in the research the clinical course of 14 women who developed acute pancreatitis and were treated at the Clinic of Thoraco-abdominal and Hepato-Biliary Surgery at the University Hospital Plovdiv for a tenth year of a period. The leading etiology was biliary disease. Eleven of 14 patient were successfully treated conservatively during pregnancy; 5 of them underwent surgery after pregnancy. Only one patient underwent operative treatment during pregnancy. Although acute pancreatitis is a rare disease during pregnancy, in order to improve the prognosis and to decrease the maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality, a timely diagnosis and an adequate conservative or surgical treatment is necessary.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Terzhumanov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uchikov
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uchikova
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Milchev
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dimov
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Stefanov
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002031:Bulgaria; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012189:Retrospective Studies