Banks PA

No ORCID on file · 2 papers in corpus · active 2015-2017
2017
Validation of Demographics, Etiology, and Risk Factors for Chronic Pancreatitis in the USA: A Report of the North American Pancreas Study (NAPS) Group.
Digestive diseases and sciences ·doi:10.1007/s10620-017-4621-z

Background/objectivesOur aim was to validate recent epidemiologic trends and describe the distribution of TIGAR-O risk factors in chronic pancreatitis (CP) patients.MethodsThe NAPS-2 Continuation and Validation (NAPS2-CV) study prospectivel…

2015
Acute pancreatitis.
Lancet (London, England) ·doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(14)60649-8

Acute pancreatitis, an inflammatory disorder of the pancreas, is the leading cause of admission to hospital for gastrointestinal disorders in the USA and many other countries. Gallstones and alcohol misuse are long-established risk factors,…