[Acute pancreatitis].

Abstract

This article review newer concepts of diagnosis and therapy for patients with acute pancreatitis. Although the pathogenesis are incompletely understood, much progress has recently been made in treatment of symptoms and medical support of the critically ill patients. The most common associate factors include: biliary tract disease (lithiasis), alcohol abuse, trauma and hyperlipoproteinemia. Most patients have abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, fever, abdominal tenderness and hypovolemia of varying degrees. Renal clearance of amilase is increased, the ratio of renal clearance to that of creatinine is very important in patients with hypovolemia or an underlying renal disease. The definition of risk factors, with regard to morbility or mortality. Those patients at great risk require critical care treatment in an ICU and meticulous pulmonary, cardiac, hematological and metabolic monitoring and treatment of any the abdominal complications.