Background/Purpose: To provide a framework for clinicians to manage acute pancreatitis,
evidence-based guidelines have been developed by the Japanese Society of Abdominal …

The JPN Guidelines for the Management of Acute Pancreatitis are organized under the
subject headings: epidemiology, diagnosis, management strategy, severity assessment and …

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

Background: There have been substantial improvements in the management of acute
pancreatitis since the publication of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) …

Background: There have been substantial improvements in the management of acute
pancreatitis since the publication of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) …

There has been an increase in the incidence of acute pancreatitis reported worldwide.
Despite improvements in access to care, imaging and interventional techniques, acute …

Background There have been substantial improvements in the management of acute
pancreatitis since the publication of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) …

Guidelines for clinical practice are intended to suggest preferable approaches to particular
medical problems as established by interpretation and collation of scientifically valid …

Acute pancreatitis can range from a mild, self-limiting disease requiring no more than
supportive care, to severe disease with life-threatening complications. With the goal of …

Considering that the Japanese (JPN) guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis
were published in Takada et al.(J HepatoBiliary Pancreat Surg 13: 2–6, 2006), doubts will …