Postoperative prevalence of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) prescription in patients post-pancreaticoduodenectomy: protocol for a systematic review

Review question / Objective: The aim of this systematic review is to document the prescribing patterns of PERT in patients following PD to determine the level of compliance with current guidelines/ recommendations.To this end, the proposed systematic review will answer the following questions: 1.What is the prevalence of PERT prescription in patients post-PD? 2. What are the indications for commencement of PERT prescription in patients post-PD? 3. What additional factors are associated with variation in rates of PERT prescription?INPLASY 1 International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols INPLASY PROTOCOLPostoperative prevalence of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) prescription in patients postpancreaticoduodenectomy: protocol for a systematic review Hooke, S 1 ; Russell, K 2 ; Windsor, JA 3 .