title: Acute ischemic pancreatitis following cardiac arrest: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ischemia is an established cause of acute pancreatitis; however, acute pancreatitis has never been reported after cardiac arrest.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of acute pancreatitis following cardiac arrest with prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a 58-year-old man, the mechanism of which is likely to be ischemic. The patient developed severe ischemic encephalopathy, leading to death. Possible causes of acute pancreatitis in a context of cardiopulmonary resuscitation are discussed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In case of abdominal distension following cardiac arrest, diagnoses of mesenteric ischemia and acute ischemic pancreatitis should be considered. Such digestive complications occurring after cardiac arrest probably reflect the severity of the ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Besançon University Hospital, Besançon, France. gpiton@chu-besancon.fr
authors.forename: Gaël
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piton
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barbot
authors.forename: Cyril
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manzon
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moronval
authors.forename: Cyrille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Patry
authors.forename: Jean Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Navellou
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Belle
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Capellier
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed