Acute pancreatitis risk factors
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]
Risk Factors
Risk factors for acute pancreatitis include:
- Abdominal injury
- Alcoholism
- Cystic fibrosis
- Family history of pancreatitis
- Hypertriglyceridemia - high triglycerides
- Family history of Hypertriglyceridemia
- Renal failure
- SLE
- Drugs
- Male gender