Outcome of severe acute pancreatitis: Is there a role for conservative management of infected pancreatic necrosis?

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 599-604

  Sivasankar, Amarapathy ^a   Kannan, Devy Gounder ^a   Ravichandran, Palaniappan ^a   Jeswanth, Sathyanesan ^a   Balachandar, Tirupporur Govindasamy ^a   Surendran, Rajagopal ^a  

^a Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University   (India)

Author keywords

Acute necrotizing pancreatitis; Antibiotics; APACHE II; Mortality; Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS SURGERY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APACHE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751230160     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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