Dec 19, 2022
Contributor: Travis Barlock, MD
Educational Pearls:
- The causes of pancreatitis can be remembered with the mnemonic: “GET SMASHED”
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- G: Gallstones (Most common cause of pancreatitis overall)
- E: Ethanol (Alcohol consumption is the most common cause of chronic pancreatitis)
- T: Trauma
- S: Steroids
- M: Malignancy
- A: Autoimmune
- S: Scorpion Sting
- H: Hypertryglyceridemia
- E: ERCP
- D: Drugs (e.g. Valproate, Antiretrovirals)
References
Beyer G, Habtezion A, Werner J, Lerch MM, Mayerle J. Chronic pancreatitis. Lancet. 2020;396(10249):499-512. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31318-0
Lankisch PG, Apte M, Banks PA. Acute pancreatitis [published correction appears in Lancet. 2015 Nov 21;386(10008):2058]. Lancet. 2015;386(9988):85-96. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60649-8
Summarized by Kirsten Hughes, MS4 | Edited by John Spartz, MD, & Erik Verzemnieks, MD
