CONCURRENT SESSION III  - PANCREAS

PREDICTING SEVERITY AND IMPROVING THE OUTCOMES OF PEDIATRIC ACUTE PANCREATITIS
Maisam Abu-El-Haija MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
Learning objectives:
1. Identify background, prevalence and etiologies of pediatric pancreatitis
2. Recognize the advances in medical management of acute pancreatitis
3. Learn predictive models of severe acute pancreatitis
4. Identify gaps in knowledge and future research directions

VALUE OF THE ENDOSCOPIC EXOCRINE PANCREATIC FUNCTION TEST (EPFT) IN PEDIATRIC PRACTICE:
REPORT OF LARGE NUMBER OF CASES. Devendra Mehta1, Zhaoping He2, Jeffrey Bornstein1, Zarela Molle-Rios3, Jonathan Beri3, Karoly Horvath1. 1Gastroenterology, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, USA; 2Tanslational Laboratory, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA; 3Gastroenterology, A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE, USA.

MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF PANCREATITIS (LEAKS & COLLECTIONS): SAFE ACCESS, DRAINAGE, DEBRIDEMENT AND STENTING
Roberto Gugig MD, Valley Children’s Hospital, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital
Learning objectives:
1. Identify background, prevalence of early and late complications of pancreatitis
2. Differentiate the different pancreatic fluid collections
3. Which endoscopic tools are available and when to use them (role of ERCP and EUS)
4. When is surgery or interventional radiology indicated
5. How to gain safe access and prevent complications
6. When is debridement indicated

TRANSIENTLY HIGH PANCREATIC DUCTAL PRESSURES INDUCE PANCREATIC INFLAMMATION AND TIGHT JUNCTION ALTERATIONS THROUGH CALCINEURIN SIGNALING. Li Wen1, Tanveer Javed1, Dean Yimlamai1,
Amitava Mukherjee1, Xiangwei Xiao2, Sohail Husain1. 1Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Pediatric Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.