Conservative treatment of acute pancreatitis.
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.
Meyer
P
P
Clinique de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire de Genève, Suisse.
Robert
J
J
Clavien
P A
PA
Rohner
A
A
D000208:Acute Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011379:Prognosis