Monday March 12, 2007
ARDS as a complication of Acute Pancreatitis (AP)

Today's Pearl contributed by

Surindra J. Singh, M.D.
VAMC, Salem, VA 24153

Acute Pancreatitis is rather common condition in ICU population, with mortality rate of approaching 15%, most patients dying form SIRS and MODS. Pulmonary complication is the most critical development and include hypoxia, atelectasis, pleural effusion and ARDS.
Early recognition of AP as well as any pulmonary sign should be dealth with aggressive intervention to improve the outcome of patients with AP.

See article: Pathophysiology of pulmonary complications of acute pancreatitis , (World J Gastroenterol 2006 November 28; 12(44): 7087-7096)


Refrence: click to get article

Predicting development of infected necrosis in acute necrotizing pancreatitis , Medicina (Kaunas) 2006; 42(6), Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania