RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Managing severe acute pancreatitis
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 354
OP 359
DO 10.3949/ccjm.80gr.13001
VO 80
IS 6
A1 Todd Baron
YR 2013
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/80/6/354.abstract
AB Severe acute pancreatitis causes high rates of illness and death. Simple scoring predictors can help identify patients at risk so that treatment, primarily supportive, can begin promptly after presentation. Medical therapy is the mainstay, with supportive therapy consisting of controlled volume resuscitation and enteral feeding. Minimally invasive drainage and debridement play a role in managing infective pancreatic necrosis but in general should not be used until at least 4 weeks after the acute illness.