title: Acute Recurrent Pancreatitis in Children: A Study From the Pediatric Health Information System.
abstract: We investigated acute recurrent pancreatitis (ARP) in children using a national health care database. From 2002 to 2014, 26,435 children had a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis (AP); 10,648 discharges were index hospitalizations. A total of 6159 children had a single hospitalization for AP, whereas 4489 (42%) children underwent 15,787 rehospitalizations. Children experienced a median of 2 ARP-related hospitalizations with a median time between admissions of 86 days. Younger patients with a more severe index episode of AP were at a higher risk of ARP. ARP-related hospitalizations had an increased requirement for intensive care unit care compared with an index episode of AP.
authors.affiliation: *Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City †UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH ‡Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO.
authors.forename: Chaitanya
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sferra
authors.forename: Brian R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jose T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Cocjin
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olyaee
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D063005:Health Information Systems; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012306:Risk; D012720:Severity of Illness Index