Potential endocrine problems are under studied in children with pancreatitis. Dr. Larson Ode from our division is part of a multicenter team that is investigating endocrine complications in children with pancreatitis (either chronic or acute recurrent). They have just published results from a study examining height and bone density in children with pancreatitis. Their manuscript is published in the journal Pancreatology (link to manuscript). The found an excess portion of children with pancreatitis had low height and/or low bone mineral density. These results indicate that children with pancreatitis need closer attention to their growth and to their bone health. It would be ideal for such children to be followed in a multidisciplinary clinic devoted to children with pancreatitis, such as the nationally recognized Pancreatitis Clinic at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital (link).