Open AccessSevere Acute Pancreatitis - How Conservative Can We Be?
Author(s) -
C Alberts,
Guido Alsfasser
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000494097
Subject(s) - acute pancreatitis , medicine , pancreatitis , context (archaeology) , intensive care medicine , conservative treatment , disease , pathophysiology , general surgery , surgery , paleontology , biology
Acute pancreatitis still is a disease with overall high mortality. Continuously improved understanding of the pathophysiology, however, led to changes in treatment algorithms within the last decades, thus resulting in decreased mortality. This knowledge of acute pancreatitis enabled a new classification system introduced by an international expert panel. This classification system is helpful in initiating treatment strategies which are adapted to the course of acute pancreatitis. Especially the role of surgery experienced a paradigm shift towards a more conservative approach.