DECEMBER 9, 2024

U.S. Post-ERCP Pancreatitis Rates Higher Than Expected

PHILADELPHIA—Rates of post–endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis may be higher than previously reported, according to the results of a study analyzing data from the National Readmissions Database presented at ACG 2024.

The retrospective study, led by Saadia Nabi, MD, a resident at HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, identified a cohort of more than 1 million patients from the database who underwent ERCP and compared those who developed post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP)