Serious adverse events that occurred by 30 days after ERCP (n = 551 total).
hemorrhage, post-ERCP pancreatitis, perforation, COPD
ADVERSE EVENTS, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE, COPD, HEMORRHAGE, ACUTE PANCREATITIS, DILATION
PEPFatal acute pancreatitisERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; PEP, post-ERCP pancreatitis; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Each patient had one or more of the listed serious adverse events; rows are not mutually exclusive.The overall rate of related SAEs that were fatal in our study was 0.5 % (3/551; 95 %CI 0.11 %–1.6 %). These included one case of acute pancreatitis occurring 16 days after ERCP that was fatal on day 70, one fatal hemorrhage from the papilla after balloon dilation, and one fatal perforation associated with sphincteroplasty.