TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of pancreatic necrosis in severe acute pancreatitis
AU - Vege, Santhi Swaroop
AU - Baron, Todd H.
PY - 2005/2
Y1 - 2005/2
N2 - A 45-year-old man with acute pancreatitis (AP) was in his eighth day of hospitalization with persistent abdominal pain and fever. A contrast-enhanced abdominal computerized tomography scan showed greater than 50% of the gland was nonenhancing, consistent with pancreatic necrosis. In this patient, what is the role of prophylactic antibiotics, fine needle aspiration of the pancreatic necrosis, nutritional support, and debridement/necrosectomy by surgical or endoscopic route? Read the optimal management based on published guidelines.
AB - A 45-year-old man with acute pancreatitis (AP) was in his eighth day of hospitalization with persistent abdominal pain and fever. A contrast-enhanced abdominal computerized tomography scan showed greater than 50% of the gland was nonenhancing, consistent with pancreatic necrosis. In this patient, what is the role of prophylactic antibiotics, fine needle aspiration of the pancreatic necrosis, nutritional support, and debridement/necrosectomy by surgical or endoscopic route? Read the optimal management based on published guidelines.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1542-3565(04)00668-8
DO - 10.1016/S1542-3565(04)00668-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 15704054
AN - SCOPUS:13544274457
SN - 1542-3565
VL - 3
SP - 192
EP - 196
JO - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
JF - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
IS - 2
ER -