A severe form of acute pancreatitis--a new concept in therapeutic protocols

The authors submit for discussion a modified concept of treatment of acute pancreatitis, used in their department. They emphasize the evaluation of severity and assessment of the development of the disease. They extend the therapeutic pattern by continual regional arterial infusion, early enteral nutrition and facultative laparoscopic exploration with lavage of the abdominal cavity. They include haemopurification methods in the protocol of treatment.