The incidence of acute pancreatitis continues to increase worldwide, and it is one of the
most common gastrointestinal causes for hospital admission in the USA. In the past decade …

Acute pancreatitis is a common disorder of the pancreas. It is the most frequent
gastrointestinal cause for hospitalization and one of the leading causes of in-hospital …

Background Early aggressive hydration is widely recommended for the management of
acute pancreatitis, but evidence for this practice is limited. Methods At 18 centers, we …

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

BACKGROUND There is conflincting evidence on the intravenous fluid (IVF) strategy for
acute pancreatitis (AP). We perform a metaanalysis of the available evidence. AIM To …

Patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) often require ICU admission, especially when signs of
multiorgan failure are present, a condition that defines AP as severe. This disease is …

METHODS: A multidisciplinary expert panel composed of physicians (gastroenterologists,
hospitalists, and surgeons) who are acknowledged leaders in their specialties and who …

Abstract Background/Aims Hematocrit is a widely used biomarker to guide early fluid therapy
for patients with acute pancreatitis (AP), but there is controversy over whether early rapid …

Background and objectives The global incidence of hospitalisation due to acute pancreatitis
(AP) has been rising in the recent decades. In the USA alone, there was a 13.2% increase …

There is still no proven effective disease-specific pharmacologic therapy that changes the
natural history of acute pancreatitis. New therapeutic targets and pharmacologic agents are …