Acute Pancreatitis
Acute Pancreatitis
Acute Pancreatitis
Most common
Less common
Choledocholithiasis Ethanol abuse Idiopathic Post Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography Hyperlipidemia hypercalcemia Drugs (azathioprine, sulfonamides, thiazide, methildopa, estrogen, NSAID) Pancreas divisum Abdominal trauma Hereditary (familial)
Least common
Clinical Manifestations
Acute pancreatitis usually has a rapid onset Acute pancreatitis may be clinically mild or severe Manifested by upper abdominal pain, vomiting, fever, tachycardia, leukocytosis, and elevated serum levels of pancreatic enzymes
Diagnose
CLASSIFICATION
Classifications for acute pancreatitis are used to identify patients at risk for complications. Ransons score is based on 11 clinical signs with prognostic importance; 5 are measured at the time of admission and the other 6 in the first 48 hours after admission Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) score
Ransons score
During initial 48 hr
absolute decrease in hematocrit >10%, increase in blood urea nitrogen >5 mg/dl (1.8 mmol/liter), serum calcium <8 mg/dl (2 mmol/liter), arterial PaO2 <60 mm Hg, base deficit >4 mmol/liter, fluid sequestration >6 liters
APACHE II
A. Acute physiology score Temperature-rectal Mean arterial pressure Heart rate Respiratory rate Oxygenation Arterial PH Serum sodium Serum potasium Hematocrit White blood count GCS Serum HCO3 B. Age points < 44 45-54 55-64 64-74 >75 0 2 3 5 6
Complication
Systemic complications
Acute respiratory distress syndrome Acute renal failure, Shock, Coagulopathy, Hyperglycemia, and hypocalcemia.
Local complications
Gastrointestinal bleeding Infected necrosis, Adjacent bowel necrosis. pancreatic abscess Pancreatic pseudocysts.
MANAGEMENT
Supportive care
Analgesics Antibiotics Fasting Nutritional support (parenteral nutrition, or enteral feeding by nasoenteric tube)
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) and biliary sphincterotomy in patients with acute gallstone pancreatitis and choledocholithiasis
Dbridement of infected necrosis
Operative management (explorative and drainage) Alternative techniques of dbridement (percutaneous or endoscopic)