Acute pancreatitis is a potentially lethal disease in about 20% of all the cases. Early
identification of those patients with the severe type of the disease is of a great importance as …

Acute severe pancreatitis is associated with a high morbidity and mortality and frequently is
accompanied by underlying pancreatic parenchymal necrosis. Patients with pancreatic …

ABSTRACT BACKGR0UND/AlMS: The severity of acute pancreatitis is variable and does
not always correlate with structural and functional changes in the pancreas. More precise …

Acute pancreatitis comprises, in terms of clinical, pathologic, biochemical, and bacteriologic
data, four entities. Interstitial edematous pancreatitis and necrotizing pancreatitis are the …

Background The recent development of two different severity classifications for acute
pancreatitis has appropriately raised questions about which should be used. The aim of this …

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a potentially life-threatening disease with a wide spectrum of
severity. The overall mortality of AP is approximately 5%. According to the revised Atlanta …

Background: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a potentially life-threatening common gastrointestinal
disorder with increasing incidence around the globe. Although the majority of cases will take …

New findings necessitate a paradigm shift in our understanding of acute pancreatitis. Intra-
acinar trypsinogen activation leads to early pancreatic injury, but the inflammatory response …

Abstract Background/Objective Recognizing the limitation of the Atlanta classification for
acute pancreatitis (AP), two international classifications have been recently proposed; the …

Background Persistent organ failure and infected pancreatic necrosis are major
determinants of mortality in acute pancreatitis, but there is a gap in the literature assessing …