Why the study?
The study aimed to investigate the association between nonalcoholic fatty pancreas disease and the severity of acute pancreatitis.
Does nonalcoholic fatty pancreas disease correlate with increased severity and mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis?
Does nonalcoholic fatty pancreas disease correlate with increased severity and mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis?
Nonalcoholic fatty pancreas disease, as measured by CT attenuation, is independently associated with greater severity and mortality in acute pancreatitis.
NAFPD independently correlates with AP severity and complications; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before prognostic use.
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Xie et al. (2019) studied this question.
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