title: Acute pancreatitis: when is enzyme treatment indicated?
abstract: Discussion over the role of enzyme therapy in patients with acute pancreatitis is based upon theoretical considerations rather than hard data. In this respect, it differs little from most other treatments used in the management of acute pancreatitis, although, in the case of enzyme treatment, the lack of data results largely from a dearth of experimentation to prove its efficacy rather than from equivocal or negative results.
authors.affiliation: Academic Unit of Surgery, General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McMahon
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000503:physiopathology; D010194:Pancreatin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010194:Pancreatin