title: Management of Acute Pancreatitis in the Early Stage.
abstract: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a potential fatal disease with an overall mortality around 5%. The current treatment for AP relies on supportive medical therapy, sometimes associated with endoscopic procedures and/or surgical interventions. In this review we discuss the recent concepts regarding the fluid therapy, pain management, antibiotic prophylaxis, apheresis for hypertriglyceridemia-induced AP, timing and indications for ERCP and cholecystectomy in biliary AP. For each component, the importance and the impact of early phase treatment is presented in terms of benefits and risks.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Narcis Octavian
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Zarnescu
authors.affiliation: 4th Department of Surgery, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Sorin Traian
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Barbu
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Eugenia Claudia
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Zarnescu Vasiliu
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Radu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Costea
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neagu