title: Endoscopic management of acute pancreatitis.
abstract: Acute pancreatitis represents numerous unique challenges to the practicing digestive disease specialist. Clinical presentations of acute pancreatitis vary from trivial pain to devastating acute illness with a significant risk of death. This article focuses on the diagnosis and endoscopic treatment of acute biliary pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Digestive Health Associates of Texas, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, 221 West Colorado Boulevard, Suite #630, Pavilion II, Dallas, TX 75208, USA. paul.tarnasky@dhat.com
authors.forename: Paul R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Tarnasky
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Linder
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D016717:Sphincterotomy, Endoscopic