TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Complications Of Acute Pancreatitis A1 - Windsor, John A. A1 - Loveday, Benjamin P.T. A1 - Pandanaboyana, Sanjay A2 - Zinner, Michael J. A2 - Ashley, Stanley W. A2 - Hines, O. Joe PY - 2019 T2 - Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 13e AB - A third of all patients with acute pancreatitis develop complications, and a quarter of those patients will not survive, but recovery is now expected for the remainder because of improvements in the diagnosis and management of acute pancreatitis.1 The complications of acute pancreatitis can be local, regional, and/or systemic. The most important determinants of the severity of acute pancreatitis are infected local complications and persistent organ dysfunction,2 which are the basis for classifying acute pancreatitis severity (Table 69-1).3,4 This chapter focuses on the diagnosis and management of these important complications of acute pancreatitis. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2023/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160045548 ER -