Global Incidence of Acute Pancreatitis Is Increasing Over Time: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Acute pancreatitis is a common disease with significant associated morbidity and mortality. CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the global incidence of acute pancreatitis over the last 56 years and demonstrates a steadily rising incidence over time in most countries of the Western world.

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• 1 We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of population-based studies to explore the changing temporal trends of acute pancreatitis incidence globally.
• 2 METHODS: We performed a systematic literature search to identify population-based studies reporting the annual incidence of acute pancreatitis.
• 3 Abstracts were assessed independently to identify applicable articles for full-text review and data extraction.

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