A clinically based classification system for acute pancreatitis: summary of the International Symposium on Acute Pancreatitis, Atlanta, Ga, September 11 through 13 …

EL Bradley - Archives of surgery, 1993 - jamanetwork.com
• Acute pancreatitis is a protean disease capable of wide clinical variation, ranging from mild
discomfort to apocalyptic prostration. Moreover, the inflammatory process may remain
localized in the pancreas, spread to regional tissues, or even involve remote organ systems.
This variability in presentation and clinical course has plagued the study and management
of acute pancreatitis since its original clinical description. In the absence of accepted
definitions for acute pancreatitis and its complications, it has not been possible to devise a …