title: Management of acute pancreatitis (AP) - Polish Pancreatic Club recommendations.
abstract: The presented recommendations concern the current management of acute pancreatitis. The recommendations relate to the diagnostics and treatment of early and late phases of acute pancreatitis and complications of the disease taking into consideration surgical and endoscopic methods. All the recommendations were subjected to voting by the members of the Working Group of the Polish Pancreatic Club, who evaluated them every single time on a five-point scale, where A means full acceptance, B means acceptance with a certain reservation, C means acceptance with a serious reservation, D means rejection with a certain reservation and E means full rejection. The results of the vote, together with commentary, are provided for each recommendation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland.
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosołowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Subdivision, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lipiński
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland; Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery and Nutrition, Copernicus, Gdansk, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dobosz
authors.affiliation: Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland; Clinical Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Transplantation, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durlik
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Surgical Nursing, Institute of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland; Clinical Department of General, Oncological and Endocrinological Surgery, Regional Hospital, Kielce, Poland.
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Głuszek
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuśnierz
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lampe
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Tract Diseases, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Małecka-Panas
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nowakowska-Duława
authors.affiliation: Clinical Department of Gastroenterological Surgery and Transplantation, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nowak-Niezgoda
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Radomańska
authors.affiliation: Department of Digestive Tract Diseases, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Talar-Wojnarowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland.
authors.forename: Urszula
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wereszczyńska-Siemiątkowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Subdivision, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, Warsaw, Poland; Department of the Prevention of Alimentary Tract Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.
authors.forename: Grażyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rydzewska
keywords: acute pancreatitis; management; treatment