title: Conservative treatment of acute pancreatitis.
abstract: Most attacks of acute pancreatitis) have a favorable course and can thus be treated by conservative measures. The purpose of this review is: a) to present techniques (prognostic scores, computerized axial tomography, etc.) which can assist in the early identification of those cases of acute pancreatitis which can reasonably be submitted to non-surgical treatment; b) to summarize and discuss the main results of recent pharmaceutical research, and various conservative measures which have proven helpful in the treatment of this difficult disease.
authors.affiliation: Clinique de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire de Genève, Suisse.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Clavien
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rohner
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis