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2022 Jul 14


Pancreas

The Association Between Opioid Use and Opioid Type and the Clinical Course and Outcomes of Acute Pancreatitis.

Authors

Elias A, Korytny A, Klein A, Khoury Y, Ben Hur D, Braun E, Azzam ZS, Ghersin I
Pancreas. 2022 Jul 14.
PMID: 35835104.

Abstract

Basic science studies suggest that opioids aggravate disease severity and outcomes in acute pancreatitis. We sought to determine the association of opioid use and opioid type with the clinical course and outcome of acute pancreatitis.