GOALS: To review the published experience with @entity656 in childhood. STUDY: Computerized search of the English medical literature since 1965 using MEDLINE. RESULTS: Details of 589 @entity1 were reviewed. Mean age was 9.2 +/- 2.4 years (range: 1 week to 21 years). Male to female ratio was 1.2. Etiologies included (n = 589): idiopathic (23%), @entity130 (22%), @entity11578 (15%), @entity66 (14%), drugs and toxins (12%), @entity1800 (10%), hereditary (2%) and @entity209 (2%). Diagnosis was based most often on abnormal abdominal ultrasonography (81%) and on elevated serum amylase levels (63%). Radiograph findings were helpful in 34%. In 16% of the @entity1 the diagnosis was based only on laparotomy. Mean hospital stay was 13.2 +/- 2.4 days and @entity8856 was required in 28% of the @entity1 . In 24% of the subjects a surgical intervention was indicated. Recurrence was reported in 9%, most of them with idiopathic and structural etiologies. Fatal outcome was described in 9.7% of the @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: @entity656 of childhood, although considered sometimes as a @entity74 , carries significant morbidity and mortality. Therefore, pediatricians should be more aware of this illness.

XXXX in childhood: analysis of literature data.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity11578 :: ('MESH:D020914', 'Disease') :: ['structural anomalies'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['multisystem disease'] @entity656 :: ('MESH:D019283', 'Disease') :: ['Acute pancreatitis', 'acute pancreatitis'] @entity8856 :: ('CHEBI:44409', 'Chemical') :: ['TPN'] @entity1800 :: ('MESH:D014777', 'Disease') :: ['viral infections'] @entity74 :: ('MESH:D030342', 'Disease') :: ['minor disorder'] @entity209 :: ('MESH:D008659', 'Disease') :: ['metabolic disorders'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['trauma']
@entity656 :: (MESH:D019283,Disease) :: ['Acute pancreatitis']
