title: [Current approach to the treatment of acute pancreatitis with reference to the use of somatostatin].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clerico
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valente
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lombezzi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Balestrino
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Quaranta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cardona
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Segre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abbo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quercio
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D013004:Somatostatin
vernacular_title: Attualità nel trattamento della pancreatite acuta in relazione all'impiego della somatostatina.