Definition & Etiology
Definition
Acute inflammation of the pancreas
Acute onset of central abdominal pain radiating to the back with associated symptoms
Etiology
GetSmashed acronym:
- Gallstones (most common)
- Ethanol poisoning
- Trauma
- Steroids
- Mumps
- Autoimmune (SLE/Sjogren’s)
- Scorpion venom
- Hypercalcaemia
- Hyperlipidaemia
- ERCP
- Drugs (thiazides, ACE inhibitors, statins, oestrogen, corticosteroids, DPP4 inhibitors, GLP- 1’s)