ACG Clinical Guideline: Management of Acute Pancreatitis

ACG Clinical Guideline: Management of Acute Pancreatitis Scott Tenner, MD, MPH, FACG1, John Baillie, MB, ChB, FRCP, FACG2, John DeWitt, MD, FACG3 and Santhi Swaroop Vege, MD, FACG4 1 State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA; 2 Carteret MedicalGroup, Morehead City, North Carolina, USA; 3 Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; 4 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. Am J Gastroenterol 2013; 108:1400 1415; ; published online 30 July 2013 Abstract This guideline presents recommendations for the Management of patients with Acute Pancreatitis (AP). During the past decade, there have been new understandings and developments in the diagnosis, etiology, and early and late Management of the disease. As the diagnosis of AP is most often established by Clinical symptoms and laboratory testing, contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the pancreas should be reserved for patients in whom the diagnosis is unclear or who fail to improve clinically.

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is one of the most common diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, leading to tremendous emotional, physical, and financial human burden (1,2). In the United States, in 2009, AP was the most common gastroenterology discharge diagnosis with …

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