TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 55. Complications of Acute Pancreatitis (Including Pseudocysts) A1 - Windsor, John A. A1 - Loveday, Benjamin P. T. A2 - Zinner, Michael J. A2 - Ashley, Stanley W. Y1 - 2013 N1 - T2 - Maingot's Abdominal Operations, 12e AB - Recovery from acute pancreatitis is now expected, with mortality less than 10%, which reflects improvements in the treatment of complications and intensive care management.1 A third of patients with acute pancreatitis develop complications and a quarter of these will die of them. These complications can be local, regional, or systemic. Most regional and systemic complications occur in association with severe acute pancreatitis. The most important determinants of severity in acute pancreatitis are infected local complications and multiple organ dysfunction.2 These regional and systemic complications provide the basis for defining four categories of severity (Table 55-1).3 This chapter will focus on the diagnosis and management of the important complications of acute pancreatitis. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57019451 ER -