BACKGROUND Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)pancreatitis(PEP)is new onset acute pancreatitis after ERCP.This complication is sometimes fatal.As such,PEP should be diagnosed early so that therap...BACKGROUND Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)pancreatitis(PEP)is new onset acute pancreatitis after ERCP.This complication is sometimes fatal.As such,PEP should be diagnosed early so that therapeutic interventions can be carried out.Serum lipase(s-Lip)is useful for diagnosing acute pancreatitis.However,its usefulness for diagnosing PEP has not been sufficiently investigated.AIM This study aimed to retrospectively examine the usefulness of s-Lip for the early diagnosis of PEP.METHODS We retrospectively examined 4192 patients who underwent ERCP at our two hospitals over the last 5 years.The primary outcomes were a comparison of the areas under the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves(AUCs)of s-Lip and serum amylase(s-Amy),s-Lip and s-Amy cutoff values based on the presence or absence of PEP in the early stage after ERCP via ROC curves,and the diagnostic properties[sensitivities,specificities,positive predictive values(PPV),and negative predictive value(NPV)]of these cutoff values for PEP diagnosis.RESULTS Based on the eligibility and exclusion criteria,804 cases were registered.Over the entire course,PEP occurred in 78 patients(9.7%).It occurred in the early stage after ERCP in 40 patients(51.3%)and in the late stage after ERCP in 38 patients(48.7%).The AUCs were 0.908 for s-Lip[95%confidence interval(CI):0.880-0.940,P<0.001]and 0.880 for s-Amy(95%CI:0.846-0.915,P<0.001),indicating both are useful for early diagnosis.By comparing the AUCs,s-Lip was found to be significantly more useful for the early diagnosis of PEP than s-Amy(P=0.023).The optimal cutoff values calculated from the ROC curves were 342 U/L for s-Lip(sensitivity,0.859;specificity,0.867;PPV,0.405;NPV,0.981)and 171 U/L for s-Amy(sensitivity,0.859;specificity,0.763;PPV,0.277;NPV,0.979).CONCLUSION S-Lip was significantly more useful for the early diagnosis of PEP.Measuring s-Lip after ERCP could help diagnose PEP earlier;hence,therapeutic interventions can be provided earlier.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP)pancreatitis(PEP)is new onset acute pancreatitis after ERCP.This complication is sometimes fatal.As such,PEP should be diagnosed early so that therapeutic interventions can be carried out.Serum lipase(s-Lip)is useful for diagnosing acute pancreatitis.However,its usefulness for diagnosing PEP has not been sufficiently investigated.AIM This study aimed to retrospectively examine the usefulness of s-Lip for the early diagnosis of PEP.METHODS We retrospectively examined 4192 patients who underwent ERCP at our two hospitals over the last 5 years.The primary outcomes were a comparison of the areas under the receiver operating characteristic(ROC)curves(AUCs)of s-Lip and serum amylase(s-Amy),s-Lip and s-Amy cutoff values based on the presence or absence of PEP in the early stage after ERCP via ROC curves,and the diagnostic properties[sensitivities,specificities,positive predictive values(PPV),and negative predictive value(NPV)]of these cutoff values for PEP diagnosis.RESULTS Based on the eligibility and exclusion criteria,804 cases were registered.Over the entire course,PEP occurred in 78 patients(9.7%).It occurred in the early stage after ERCP in 40 patients(51.3%)and in the late stage after ERCP in 38 patients(48.7%).The AUCs were 0.908 for s-Lip[95%confidence interval(CI):0.880-0.940,P<0.001]and 0.880 for s-Amy(95%CI:0.846-0.915,P<0.001),indicating both are useful for early diagnosis.By comparing the AUCs,s-Lip was found to be significantly more useful for the early diagnosis of PEP than s-Amy(P=0.023).The optimal cutoff values calculated from the ROC curves were 342 U/L for s-Lip(sensitivity,0.859;specificity,0.867;PPV,0.405;NPV,0.981)and 171 U/L for s-Amy(sensitivity,0.859;specificity,0.763;PPV,0.277;NPV,0.979).CONCLUSION S-Lip was significantly more useful for the early diagnosis of PEP.Measuring s-Lip after ERCP could help diagnose PEP earlier;hence,therapeutic interventions can be provided earlier.
