Background. Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common inflammatory disease with a mostly
benign course of disease. For unknown reasons, 3–12% of individuals impacted develop …

Purpose To study mortality in severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and to identify risk factors for
mortality. Materials and methods A retrospective 17-years' cohort study of 435 consecutive …

Background: Severe acute pancreatitis (AP) continues to be a serious gastrointestinal
disease with relevant morbidity and mortality. Summary: Successful clinical management …

Background: Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) remains one of the more feared and respected
acute surgical conditions, given that patients often have signifcant organ failure and require …

BACKGROUND: Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is still related to high mortality rates. Over
the past decades, management of SAP changed from an early operative treatment to a more …

In patients operated on for severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), the factors determining outcome
remain unclear. From 1986 to 1998 a total of 340 patients with a diagnosis of SAP and in …

Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP), which is the most serious type of this disorder, is
associated with high morbidity and mortality. SAP runs a biphasic course. During the first 1-2 …

The incidence of acute pancreatitis continues to rise, inducing substantial medical and
social burden, with annual costs exceeding $2 billion in the United States alone. Although …

Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) develops in about 25% of patients with acute pancreatitis
(AP). Severity of AP is linked to the presence of systemic organ dysfunctions and/or …

Background: Treatment of severe acute pancreatitis can be challenging with high mortality.
In 2012 we reported a significantly reduced in-hospital mortality if these patients are treated …