Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common disease that normally runs a benign course in the
majority of patients. However in up to 20% of individuals the disease is severe and may be …

Introduction Earlier national surveys on the management of acute pancreatitis (AP) had
reported non-compliance to practice guidelines. In the past decade, several guidelines were …

Within the past 5 years, no fewer than 6 guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis
have appeared in the literature, including the current submission from the International …

Background: The management of acute pancreatitis (AP) is still based on speculative and
unproven paradigms in many centers. Therefore, we performed an evidence-based analysis …

Abstract Background The Japanese Guidelines for the Management of Acute Pancreatitis
was published in 2003. However, the impact of the guidelines on physicians' practice …

Abstract Background Objectives: Increasing incidence rates and declining mortality rates
have made acute pancreatitis a common cause of hospitalization. We aimed to examine 31 …

In the 20th century early management of acute pancreatitis often included surgical
intervention, despite overwhelming mortality. The emergence of high-quality evidence …

Objective The aim of this study was to analyse the clinical characteristics of acute
pancreatitis (AP) in a prospectively collected, large, multicentre cohort and to validate the …

Recent randomized controlled trials in acute pancreatitis have provided evidence that
challenges current approaches to management, including fluid resuscitation, antibiotic …

Background: Implementation of guidelines for the therapy of acute pancreatitis (eg those of
the International Association of Pancreatology, IAP) into clinical practice has been assumed …