European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Introduction: Acute pancreatitis is an acute inflammatory process ranging clinically from mild discomfort with localized inflammation to severe disease involving remote organ systems. Aim: Study of procalcitonin as an early predictor of severity in acute pancreatitis. Methods: This study was a Hospital based observational study conducted on 56 cases aged between 18 to 80 years at acute pancreatitis patients presenting in OPD and IPD of medicine and gastroenterology department at SMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Data collection was started after approval from institutional research review board. Results: majority 46.4% patients were of 20-40 years age group, mean age was 43.69 years, 71.4% patients were male, 44.6% patients were alcoholic. Majority 37.5% patients were of Ranson score 2, as per Atlanta criteria, 66.07% patients were of mild acute pancreatitis, 10.7% patients died. Conclusion: We have observed that Procalcitonin has shown promising results as an early marker of development of complications.