Modern phase-specific management of acute pancreatitis

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-45

  Werner, Jens ^a   Uhl, Waldemar ^a   Hartwig, Werner ^a   Hackert, Thilo ^a   Müller, Christophe ^a   Strobel, Oliver ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Non surgical management; Organ failure; Pancreatic infection; Pancreatic necrosis; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SCAVENGER;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; LAVAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NECROSECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 0038648968     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000071338     Document Type: Review

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