A patient is admitted to the ICU with acute pancreatitis. The patient's family asks what causes acute pancreatitis. The critical care nurse knows that 80% of patients with acute pancreatitis have what?
A) Stones in the pancreatic duct
B) An impaired immune system
C) Undiagnosed chronic pancreatitis
D) An amylase deficiency
Ans: C
Feedback: Eighty percent of patients with acute pancreatitis have biliary tract disease or a history of long-term alcohol abuse. These patients usually have had undiagnosed chronic pancreatitis before their first episode of acute pancreatitis.
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