Acute pancreatitis (AP) was the third most common gastrointestinal diagnosis in 2012,
resulting in approximately 275,000 admissions and costing about $2.6 billion. 1, 2 It is also …

This guideline presents recommendations for the management of patients with acute
pancreatitis (AP). During the past decade, there have been new understandings and …

Mild acute pancreatitis has a low mortality rate, but patients with severe acute pancreatitis
are more likely to develop complications and have a much higher death rate. Although …

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 …

Imaging of acute pancreatitis requires not only an understanding of the disease subtypes
and the myriad of associated complications but also familiarity with the appropriate …

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common disease associated with a substantial medical and
financial burden, and with an incidence across Europe ranging from 4.6 to 100 per 100,000 …

This study aims to update the 1991 Atlanta Classification of acute pancreatitis, to
standardize the reporting of and terminology of the disease and its complications. Important …

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 …

BACKGROUND The incidence of acute pancreatitis shows regional variations in the UK.
AIMS To document the incidence and presentation of acute pancreatitis in hospitals in …

Acute pancreatitis continues to be a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for physicians and
surgeons. It ranks third in the list of hospital discharges for gastro intestinal diseases. In most …