Understanding Acute Pancreatitis: A Simple Guide

Acute pancreatitis is a problem that we see often in the hospital and in the emergency room! In this series, Understanding Pancreatitis, we're covering all of the important ideas for people to understand about acute pancreatitis. Not just medical students and surgery residents, but all of us! The way I have organized this is to go over acute pancreatitis with 10 important questions so we can hit all of the highlights. Sign up and join the CITIZENSURGEON Community: https://citizensurgeon.co/signup MUST HAVE SURGERY BOOKS Sabiston's Textbook of Surgery https://citizensurgeon.co/Sabiston Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy https://citizensurgeon.co/Moore Netter's Anatomical Atlas https://citizensurgeon.co/Netter Schwartz Principles of Surgery https://citizensurgeon.co/Schwartz Fischer's Mastery of Surgery https://citizensurgeon.co/Mastery Zollinger's Atlas of Surgical Operations https://citizensurgeon.co/Zollinger Top Knife (MUST MUST HAVE) https://citizensurgeon.co/topknife Check out these important questions and jump to anyone you find interesting! Start 00:00 What is acute pancreatitis? 01:40 How common is acute pancreatitis? 04:00 What are the common causes of acute pancreatitis? 05:38 What are the symptoms of acute pancreatitis? 07:44 How do we diagnose acute pancreatitis? 10:21 How can someone decrease their risk of acute pancreatitis? 12:34 How do we treat acute pancreatitis? 14:37 What are complications of acute pancreatitis? 16:04 How do patients recover from acute pancreatitis? 17:38 What are lifestyle changes after acute pancreatitis? 19:03 BE MY FRIEND Sign up and join the CITIZENSURGEON Community: https://citizensurgeon.co/signup My Website: https://www.citizensurgeon.com​​ Instagram: http://citizensurgeon.co/instagram​​ Twitter: http://citizensurgeon.co/twitter​​ Koji: http://citizensurgeon.co/Koji​​ WHO AM I? I'm Dr. Erik Pearson, FACS and I am a board certified pediatric surgeon living in Las Vegas. I make surgical education videos on all topics in general surgery as well as talks on lifestyle design as a surgeon, book reviews, and studying effectively. I also write a weekly newsletter called the Saturday Six where I identify Six different discoveries of the week. You can get the weekly newsletter by signing up to the CITIZENSURGEON Community!​. DISCLAIMER While my aim is to help educate you for the ward, the surgical ICU, the operating room and your exams remember these videos are not a replacement for your reading, your medical school and residency preparation and most important your own decision making. If you have medical questions definitely consult a medical professional. Good luck and enjoy! Affiliate Links - There are a few links in the description that may lead to a kickback to me to help support the channel.