International Surgery Journal Prakash GV et al. Int Surg J. 2019 Jul;6(7):2336-2341 http://www.ijsurgery.com pISSN 2349-3305 | eISSN 2349-2902 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20192553 Original Research Article A study on evaluation of upper gastrointestinal endoscopic findings in established acute pancreatitis patients in tertiary care hospital G. V. Prakash1, A. Satish2, M. Vijay Kumar1*, S. Nagamuneiah1, 3 1 1 G. Rajaram , P. Sabitha , S. A. Shariff 1Department of General Surgery, 2Department of General Medicine, 3Department of Microbiology, Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India Received: 10 May 2019 Revised: 22 May 2019 Accepted: 28 May 2019 *Correspondence: Dr. M. Vijay Kumar, E-mail:
[email protected] Copyright: © the author(s), publisher and licensee Medip Academy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT Background: The objective of the study was to enumerate the different mucosal lesions in established acute pancreatitis on upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Methods: We prospectively conducted a study on patients with acute pancreatitis above the age of 18 year having aute onset of typical abdominal pain consistent with acute pancreatitis, or Serum amylase and/ or lipase level >2 times the upper limit of normal or characteristic findings of acute pancreatitis on an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan or on ultrasonography. Patients who are unfit or not willing for endoscopy or had endoscopy –proved peptic ulcer disease in the recent 3 months were excluded.