Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammation of the pancreas caused by various stimuli
including excessive alcohol consumption, gallstone disease and certain viral infections …

Nineteen consecutive patients with acute pancreatitis were sequentially allocated to
treatment with high-dose octreotide (N= 9) or to act as controls (N= 10). All other aspects of …

Alcoholic pancreatitis may be one of the most serious adverse consequences of alcohol
abuse. Its diagnosis, as it has for many years, depends primarily on clinical acumen in …

Objective To determine the efficiency of intravenous infusion of octreotide in the treatment of
patients with severe pancreatitis and pulmonary failure. Design Prospective, case-control …

Aprotinin, a Kunitz protease inhibitor, has a wide inhibitory action with particular activity
against trypsin, chymotrypsin and kallikrein, making it theoretically attractive in ameliorating …

To evaluate the effect of somatostatin in the treatment of acute pancreatitis, 63 patients were
randomly allocated to continuous intravenous infusion for three days of 250 micrograms of …

There are no experimental models which mimic the most common causes of human acute
pancreatitis, ie gallstones and alcohol abuse. However, existing models can reproduce the …

Dear Sir: We read with interest Dr. Facchini's paper on the relationship among fasting and
glucose stimulated insulin concentration, insulin resistance, and iron depletion in patients …

Gallstone pancreatitis is caused by the transient blockage of the ampulla of Vater by a
migrating gallstone. The obstruction causes extracellular or intracellular activation of …

In the present study we investigated the therapeutic action of antithrombin III (AT III) in
taurocholate-induced experimental pancreatitis with high lethality in rats. High-dose AT III …