Open AccessTO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS
Author(s) -
Ravindra Pratap Singh,
Deepak Meena
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i9.2172
Subject(s) - octreotide , acute pancreatitis , medicine , pancreatitis , conservative management , conservative treatment , general surgery , medical therapy , intensive care medicine , surgery , somatostatin
Background: Acute pancreatitis is the leading cause of hospitalization for gastrointestinal disorders in the United States, with more than 280,000 hospitalizations each year.
Methods: This study was conducted in the department of surgery, RNT Medical College and Maharana Bhupal Govt. Hospital, Udaipur. A total of 35 cases of acute pancreatitis were studied
Results: Out of 35 cases of acute pancreatitis, 26(74.28%) patient were given Octreotide therapy. 9(25.7%) patient out of 35 were not given Octreotide therapy.
Conclusion: Thus it may be concluded that most of these cases can be managed conservatively and the use of Octreotide therapy helps in the favourable outcome.
Keywords: Conservative, pancreatitis, Managed