Management of severe acute pancreatitis: A surgical odyssey

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-17

  Bradley, Edward L ^a   Dexter, Nadine D ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANESTHESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID THERAPY; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREATOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUESTROTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT INDICATION; WOUND CARE; ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; HISTORY;

GENERAL SURGERY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING;

EID: 74049137500     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181c72b79     Document Type: Review

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