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Current Research Projects

The consortium is involved with a number or pediatric pancreatitis research projects. Currently, major projects include:

  • Design and implementation of a multicenter pediatric pancreatitis study—INSPPIRE
  • Pediatric acute recurrent pancreatitis: the scope of the problem
  • Chronic pancreatitis in children: the first report from the INSPPIRE Consortium
  • CFTR mutations in children with acute recurrent and chronic pancreatitis
  • Economic burden of pediatric acute recurrent and chronic pancreatitis
  • Guidelines for the evaluation of acute, acute recurrent and chronic pancreatitis in children
  • Radiological imaging findings in acute recurrent and chronic pancreatitis
  • Endoscopic interventions and outcomes in pediatric acute recurrent and chronic pancreatitis