The epidemiological and pathogenic aspects of acute pancreatic encephalopathy

The article considers particular aspects of epidemiology and pathogenesis of neurological disorders detected in patients with acute pancreatitis. The pancreatic encephalopathy characterizing by various focal neurological symptomatic and sometimes rapid development of dementia is considered as a rare complication of acute pancreatitis developing in 9-35% of patients with diseases of pancreas. Factually, every patient with acute pancreatitis has a risk of development of pancreatic encephalopathy which significantly increases graveness of course and lethality of disease. Therefore, the emphasis is made on development of diagnostic algorithm under pancreatic encephalopathy permitting discovering this complication of acute pancreatitis at as much as possible early even possibly at pre-clinical stage. The comprehensive investigation of pathogenesis of pancreatic encephalopathy with the purpose of elaboration of pathogenetically conditioned therapeutic algorithm considering all parts of pathogenesis.