The Clarion- International Multidisciplinary Journal
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 2

Pre-operative single dose Dexamethasone in reducing the incidence and severity of post-ercp pancreatitis: a prospective study

Swagat Superspeciality Surgical Institute and Research Hospital, Guwahati, India

*Corresponding author: sedwards@fas.harvard.edu

Online published on 24 February, 2020.

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis is the most common and potentially fatal complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). The aim of this study was to find out the effectiveness of pre-procedure usage of single dose of intravenous dexamethasone in reducing the incidence and severity of post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP).

Keywords

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP), dexamethasone