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- Title
Severe Acute Pancreatitis.
- Authors
Swaroop, Vege Santhi; Chari, Suresh T.; Clain, Jonathan E.
- Abstract
Presents the latest in care for patients with severe acute pancreatitis. Number of cases annually and the statistics on death and costs; Classification of the disease through the Atlanta classification system which categorized acute pancreatitis as mild or severe; Local complications of the disease; Epidemiology and etiology which show that the two main contributors to the disease are alcohol abuse and gallstones; Diagnosis of the disease by tests and symptoms; Use of imaging in diagnosis; Assessment of the severity; Treatment guidelines; Endoscopic sphincterotomy in severe biliary pancreatitis; Surgical options; Morbidity and mortality; Conclusions.
- Subjects
PANCREATITIS treatment; REPORTING of diseases; PATIENTS; ETIOLOGY of diseases; ALCOHOLISM; GALLSTONES; BILE duct diseases; MEDICAL imaging systems; CLINICAL medicine; DISEASES
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2004, Vol 291, Issue 23, p2865
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.291.23.2865