An international working group has modified the Atlanta classification for acute pancreatitis
to update the terminology and provide simple functional clinical and morphologic …

Severe sepsis is a life-threatening condition that may occur as a sequela of intra-abdominal
infections (IAIs) of all types. Diagnosis of IAIs is predicated upon the combination of physical …

Chronic pancreatitis is a disease of the pancreas in which recurrent inflammatory episodes
result in replacement of pancreatic parenchyma by fibrous connective tissue. This fibrotic …

Objectives We aimed at synchronously examining the early time course of 4 proinflammatory
cytokines as predictive factors for development of organ failure in patients with acute …

Background: Early computed tomography (CT)(within 4 full days after symptom onset) may
be performed to distinguish acute pancreatitis (AP) from other intra-abdominal conditions or …

Glycan heterogeneity was shown to be associated with numerous diseases and glycan
analysis has a great diagnostic potential. Recently, we reported high biological variability of …

This review article analyzes, through a nonsystematic approach, the pathophysiology of
acute pancreatitis (AP) with a focus on the effects of thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) on the …

Patients with acute pancreatitis might present with mild or severe disease, the latter
comprising a minority of cases but accounting for most of the morbidity and mortality …

Methodik In dieser Leitlinie sind die Evidenzgrade nach dem Oxford-Schema angegeben
([Tab. 2]). Die Empfehlungen sind so formuliert, dass sie die Stärke der Empfehlungen …

Introduction Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease with no specific treatment.
Mitochondrial injury followed by ATP depletion in both acinar and ductal cells is a recently …