Valoración y tratamiento de la pancreatitis aguda. Documento de posicionamiento de la Societat Catalana de Digestologia, Societat Catalana de Cirurgia y Societat Catalana de Pàncrees / Assessment and treatment of acute pancreatitis. Position document of the Catalan Society of Gastroenterology, Catalan Society of Surgery and Catalan Society of the Pancreas

La pancreatitis aguda (PA) tiene una incidencia creciente y es una de las enfermedades gastrointestinales que con más frecuencia requiere hospitalización. Numerosas evidencias científicas en los últimos años han comportado modificaciones importantes del tratamiento médico y quirúrgico de la PA. Los nuevos conocimientos sobre la fisiopatología de la enfermedad nos indican que la gravedad de la PA viene marcada por la repercusión sistémica que ocasiona (fallo orgánico), sobre todo si es persistente, y también por las complicaciones locales que se pueden desarrollar (colecciones líquidas o necrosis), especialmente si se infectan. El tratamiento ha de ser personalizado y la actuación dependerá de la situación clínica, la localización de la necrosis y el momento evolutivo en que se encuentre el paciente

The incidence of acute pancreatitis (AP) is increasing. AP is one of the gastrointestinal diseases that most frequently requires hospital admission in affected individuals. In the last few years, considerable scientific evidence has led to substantial changes in the medical and surgical treatment of this disease. New knowledge of the physiopathology of AP indicates that its severity is influenced by its systemic effects (organ failure), especially if the disease is persistent, and also by local complications (fluid collections or necrosis), especially if these become infected. Treatment should be personalized and depends on the patient's clinical status, the location of the necrosis, and disease stage

[Assessment and treatment of acute pancreatitis. Position document of the Catalan Society of Gastroenterology, Catalan Society of Surgery and Catalan Society of the Pancreas]. / Valoración y tratamiento de la pancreatitis aguda. Documento de posicionamiento de la Societat Catalana de Digestologia, Societat Catalana de Cirurgia y Societat Catalana de Pàncrees.

The incidence of acute pancreatitis (AP) is increasing. AP is one of the gastrointestinal diseases that most frequently requires hospital admission in affected individuals. In the last few years, considerable scientific evidence has led to substantial changes in the medical and surgical treatment of this disease. New knowledge of the physiopathology of AP indicates that its severity is influenced by its systemic effects (organ failure), especially if the disease is persistent, and also by local complications (fluid collections or necrosis), especially if these become infected. Treatment should be personalized and depends on the patient's clinical status, the location of the necrosis, and disease stage.