Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy – Nip in the bud

A 25 year old woman in her second pregnancy, who had been treated with oral domperidone and omeprazole two days earlier, was admitted at 34 weeks and 3 days of gestation with worsening of her symptoms of backache and right sided chest pain. She has had an uncomplicated antenatal period until then, and has had no medical problems. The results of the initial haematological and biochemical investigations are given in Table 1.