Search results for "Acute pancreatitis"
Procalcitonin algorithm reduced antibiotic use in patients with acute pancreatitis
A randomized trial assigned some patients to a treatment strategy of starting, stopping, or continuing antibiotics based on whether their procalcitonin test value was more or less than 1.0 ng/mL.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2022/07/27/procalcitonin-algorithm-reduced-antibiotic-use-in-patients-with-acute-pancreatitis.htm
27 Jul 2022
April 2008
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/
Guidelines advise on early start to enteral nutrition for critically ill
The guidelines from the Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition were expanded to include additional subsets of patients, including those with organ failure, acute pancreatitis, certain surgical conditions, sepsis, chronic critical illness, and obesity.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/01/27/1.htm
27 Jan 2016
With acute pancreatitis, time is of the essence
Get a handle on the signs that indicate acute pancreatitis, the best treatment, and the complications to watch for.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/01/pancreatitis.htm
15 Jan 2014
Early tube feeding didn't reduce infections, mortality in severe pancreatitis
Feeding patients with acute pancreatitis through a nasojejunal tube within 24 hours of diagnosis did not improve outcomes compared with starting oral intake after 72 hours with nasojejunal feeding only if they failed to tolerate oral intake, a new Dutch study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2014/11/26/3.htm
26 Nov 2014
MKSAP: Acute pancreatitis
A 51-year-old woman is hospitalized because of the acute onset of moderately severe, constant upper abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/02/test.htm
15 Feb 2009
Treating the consequences of alcoholism: pancreatitis and hepatitis
There are 3 causes of pancreatitis, according to William Sanchez, MD: “alcohol, biliary, and I don't know.” However, if the answer is “I don't know,” you should probably check the alcohol history again.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/05/06/2.htm
6 May 2015
Test yourself: Alcohol abuse
These cases and commentary, which address alcohol abuse, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/12/ty.htm
15 Dec 2010
Pinpointing severe pancreatitis
Early identification of potentially severe cases of acute pancreatitis is difficult, but key to good outcomes.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/09/pinpointing-severe-pancreatitis.htm
15 Sep 2017
Group issues recommendations for parenteral nutrition glutamine supplementation
The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) last week published a position paper with recommendations for using parenteral nutrition glutamine supplementation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/08/31/1.htm
31 Aug 2011