Prediction and Management of Severe Acute Pancreatitis

ABOUT THIS BOOK

· All chapters written by experts in the field
· Provides expert recommendations on prediction and management
· Outlines the extensive progress of the last 20 years

This volume provides a comprehensive summary of pancreatitis and its complications, with expert recommendations on prediction and management. The text thoughtfully summarizes the current prediction models for severe acute pancreatitis, including laboratory, clinical and imaging parameters, and highlights the relative advantages and disadvantages of several of these models. Evidenced-based guidelines into medical and surgical management of both the hospitalized and discharged patient are described, with recommendations from expert authors pertaining to various clinical situations. The volume also discusses complications of acute pancreatitis and their management, including the use of cutting-edge minimally-invasive therapies.

Prediction and Management of Severe Acute Pancreatitis serves as the fundamental source for those interested in and treating this disease, including practicing gastroenterologists, surgeons, radiologists, intensivists, hospitalists and pathologists.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Ductal Disruptions - Endoscopic Necrosectomy - Fluid Resuscitation - Pancreatic Necrosis - Retroperitonoscopic Approaches
Related subjects » Internal Medicine - Radiology - Surgery

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I. Definitions of Severe and Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Chapter 1. Revised Atlanta Classification of Acute Pancreatitis
Rupjyoti Talukdar and Santhi Swaroop Vege

Chapter 2. Organ Failure and Acute Pancreatitis
Colin D. Johnson

Chapter 3. Sterile and Infected Pancreatic Necrosis
Elham Afghani and Vikesh K. Singh

Chapter 4. Evolving Definitions of Severe Acute Pancreatitis
John A. Windsor and Maxim S. Petrov

Part II. Predictors and Characteristics of Severe Acute and Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Chapter 5. Clinical Predictors
Rawad Mounzer and Georgios I. Papachristou

Chapter 6. Imaging Predictors
Thomas L. Bollen

Chapter 7. Predictive Scoring Systems in Acute Pancreatitis
Kavya M. Reddy and Bechien U. Wu

Part III. Medical Management of Severe and Necrotizing Acute Pancreatitis

Chapter 8. Fluid Resuscitation in Acute Pancreatitis
Kartik Sampath and Timothy B. Gardner

Chapter 9. Antibiotic Therapy
Wesley Leung and Andres Gelrud

Chapter 10. Nutrition in Severe Acute Pancreatitis
Kishore Vipperla and Stephen J. O’Keefe

Chapter 11. Pharmacologic Therapy
Walter G. Park

Part IV. Interventional Management of Severe and Necrotizing Acute Pancreatitis

Chapter 12. Management of Ductal Leaks
Michael C. Larsen and Richard Kozarek

Chapter 13. Endoscopic Management of Severe Gallstone Pancreatitis
Takao Itoi and Peter V. Draganov

Chapter 14. Direct Endoscopic Necrosectomy
Todd H. Baron

Chapter 15. Retroperitoneoscopic Approaches for Infected Necrotizing Pancreatitis
Janneke van Grinsven, Marc G. Besselink, Olaf .J. Bakker, Sandra van Brunschot, Marja A. Boermeester, and Hjalmar C. van Santvoort

Chapter 16. Surgical Approaches
Roshni Venugopal, Kristin Pokorney-Colling, and Greg J. Beilman

Chapter 17. Interventions for Necrotizing Pancreatitis: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Martin L Freeman, Guru Trikudanathan, Mustafa Arain, Greg J. Beilman, Shawn Mallery, and Rajeev Attam