Background Acute pancreatitis is increasingly one of the most important acute
gastrointestinal conditions throughout much of the world, although incidence and aetiology …

Background Japanese (JPN) guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis were
published in 2006. The severity assessment criteria for acute pancreatitis were later revised …

Both acute and chronic pancreatitis are frequent diseases of the pancreas, which, despite
being of benign nature, are related to a significant risk of malnutrition and may require …

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory disease of highly variable severity, ranging from
mild cases with low mortality to severe cases with high mortality. Numerous biomarkers have …

This paper reports on the consensus conference on the management of intra-abdominal
infections (IAIs) which was held on July 23, 2016, in Dublin, Ireland, as a part of the annual …

Background Persistent organ failure and infected pancreatic necrosis are major
determinants of mortality in acute pancreatitis, but there is a gap in the literature assessing …

Objectives Inflammation-based prognostic markers (neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR),
prognostic nutritional index (PNI), red cell distribution width (RDW) and lymphocyte …

Abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) is a lethal complication of acute pancreatitis. We
performed a systematic review to assess the treatment and outcome of these patients. A …

Background Gallstones and alcohol are currently the most frequent aetiologies of acute
pancreatitis (AP). The aim of this study is to quantify these aetiologies worldwide, by …

Patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) present complications and organ failure, which
require treatment in critical care units. These extrapancreatic complications determine the …