Background Overall, the use of antibiotics in the treatment of patients with severe acute
pancreatitis has increased owing to the use of antibiotic prophylaxis. Hypothesis The …

Objective: To review the diagnosis and management of patients with acute pancreatitis. Data
sources: A review of articles reporting on the diagnosis and management of acute …

The detection and management of bile duct stones in acute pancreatitis have improved
considerably. Now it is possible to identify non-invasively stones in the duct before definitive …

Detecting and monitoring exocrine pancreatic damage during nonclinical and clinical testing
is challenging because classical biomarkers amylase and lipase have limited sensitivity and …

Laboratory testing of serum amylase and/or lipase levels are central to the diagnosis of
acute pancreatitis (AP) as these tests are quick, cheap, reliable and perhaps the only …

Abstract Background and Aim: In acute pancreatitis (AP), oral refeeding may stimulate
pancreatic secretion, increasing the inflammation of the glandular tissue causing relapse of …

Background: Gut hypoperfusion has a major role in the pathogenesis of multiple organ
failure, which is the main cause of death in severe acute pancreatitis. The effects of …

Background: APACHE II is a multifactorial scoring system for predicting severity in acute
pancreatitis (AP). Organ failure (OF) has been correlated with mortality in AP. Objectives: to …

Background and purpose: The mortality associated with acute pancreatitis (AP) is largely
attributable to abnormalities that occur in distant organs and supportive care remains the …