Factors predisposing to severe acute pancreatitis: evaluation and prevention

Prevention of infection following severe acute pancreatitis.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review highlights recently reported strategies aimed at quantifying severity of illness earlier in the course of acute pancreatitis and at preventing secondary infection in pancreatic necrosis. RECENT FINDINGS New and improved scoring models appear to suggest that the optimal interventional window is between 24 and 72 h of the onset of severe acute pancreatitis. Prospec...

Prognostic intraoperative factors in severe acute pancreatitis

UNLABELLED Acute pancreatitis is a serious disease. Triggered by the local inflammation of the pancreas, it can cause inflammation in various organs and systems in the body. It is important to identify severe forms of acute pancreatitis with an increased morbidity and mortality rate. Lately, internationally, numerous clinical and paraclinical factors predicting the severity of acute pancreatiti...

Prognostic biological factors in severe acute pancreatitis

UNLABELLED Acute pancreatitis is a serious disease. Many clinical and laboratory prognostic scores for the severity of acute pancreatitis have been proposed over the years. The aim was to identify the biological factors of prognostic severity. The study was prospective, including a four-year period between 2007 and 2010. 103 patients were diagnosed with severe acute pancreatitis and treated in ...

Analysis of factors related to death of severe acute pancreatitis

Severe Acute Pancreatitis and Necrotizing Pancreatitis.

Acute pancreatitis results in nearly 250,000 admissions annually. Acute pancreatitis varies widely in its clinical presentation. Pancreatic necrosis accounts for substantial additional morbidity, with mortality rates remaining as high as 10% to 20% despite advances in critical care. The extent of necrosis correlates well with the incidence of infected necrosis, multiorgan failure, need for panc...