by Kevin Guo | May 11, 2023 | Endocrinology, Featured, Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries, Resuscitation, Surgery
Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common gastroenterology conditions we see in the emergency department with a prevalence of 110-140 cases per 100,000 population. (1) At The Ottawa Hospital alone, we saw over an average of 1 case per day over the last year....
by Haroun Zayed, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | Mar 28, 2019 | Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries
Gallstone diseases are common and can lead to various intraabdominal emergencies. Gallstones are found in approximately 6% of men and 9% of women in the United States [1]. Epidemiological studies in Scandinavia reported even higher prevalence, finding 13-18% of men...
