Prospective multicentre survey on acute pancreatitis in Italy (ProInf-AISP): results on 1005 patients

Background and aim. Till now, no Italian studies providing information on acute pancreatitis have been published. The aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of acute pancreatitis in Italy. Materials and methods. The study involved 37 Italian centres distributed homogeneously throughout the entire national territory and prospectively collected epidemiological, anamnestic, laboratory, radiological,...