CAUSES: ACUTE PANCREATITIS

Questions on Acute Pancreatitis are pretty common on the USMLE / PLAB / AMC etc.

Here's a stupid way to remember the most common causes of acute pancreatitis

"BACTEROID"

B - Biliary Obstruction (Most Common Cause)
A - Alcohol
C - Calcium (Hypercalcemia)
T - Trauma + Triglycerides (Hypretriglyceridemia)
ER - ERCP (as a complication)
O - Others....
I - Infections (e.g. Mumps)
D - Drugs (Azathioprine, Valproate, etc.)