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Although the clinical presentation of acute pancreatitis may vary, the most common symptom occurring in 95% of cases is deep epigastric pain that radiates to the back. Clinicians in primary care settings play a pivotal role in the prevention, early diagnosis, and ongoing management of acute pancreatitis to decrease morbidity and mortality.

Dr David Johnson comments on a new study that has upended our notions of how best to treat acute pancreatitis.

Reports are emerging that SARS-CoV-2 virus attacks the pancreatic cells, causing the boost of amylase and lipase serum activity and rarely frank pancreatitis.