[Current approach to the treatment of acute pancreatitis with reference to the use of somatostatin].
A series of 172 cases of acute pancreatitis encountered between 1-1-79 and 30-4-88, including 57 treated with somatostatin is presented. A comparison between the latter and the other cases treated with a variety of drugs (aprotinin, cimetidine, ranitidine) led to the following conclusions: 1) somatostatin significantly improves the clinical course of acute oedematous pancreatitis with circumscribed necrosis; 2) it makes no difference to the development of cases with diffuse necrosis and haemorrhage.
Clerico
D
D
Valente
M
M
Lombezzi
R
R
Balestrino
E
E
Quaranta
L
L
Cardona
R
R
Segre
D
D
Abbo
L
L
Quercio
M
M
D000208:Acute Disease; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D013004:Somatostatin
Attualità nel trattamento della pancreatite acuta in relazione all'impiego della somatostatina.