From the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical
School, Norfolk, VA. Address reprint requests to Paul E. Marik, MD, FCCM, FCCP, Eastern …

The pancreas is a glandular organ that is responsible for the proper functioning of the
digestive and endocrine systems, and therefore, it affects the condition of the entire body …

Management of acute pancreatitis in the first 72 hours : Current Opinion in Gastroenterology
Management of acute pancreatitis in the first 72 hours : Current Opinion in Gastroenterology Log …

Acute pancreatitis is the leading cause of hospitalization for gastrointestinal disorders in the
United States. As rates of hospitalization for acute pancreatitis continue to increase, so does …

Abstract This Position Paper contains clinically oriented guidelines by the Italian Association
for the Study of the Pancreas (AISP) for the diagnosis and treatment of severe acute …

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare and validate the different classifications of
severity in acute pancreatitis (AP) and to investigate which characteristics of the disease are …

Background The clinical assessment of intravascular volume status and volume
responsiveness is one of the most difficult tasks in critical care medicine. Furthermore …

Current teaching and guidelines suggest that aggressive fluid resuscitation is the best initial
approach to the patient with hemodynamic instability. The source of this wisdom is difficult to …

Objectives: Early aggressive intravenous hydration is recommended for acute pancreatitis
treatment although randomized trials have not documented benefit. We performed a …

Background Acute pancreatitis is a frequent reason for patient presentation to the
emergency department (ED) and the most common gastrointestinal disease resulting in …