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Pancreatitis - Treatment

Treatment:

See the specific types of pancreatitis.

Expectations (prognosis):

See the specific types of pancreatitis.

Complications:

See the specific types of pancreatitis.

Calling your health care provider:

Call your health care provider if you have persistent abdominal pain or jaundice, with or without other symptoms.

  • Reviewed last on: 11/17/2008
  • David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; George F. Longstreth, MD, Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, San Diego, CA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Banks PA, Freeman ML; Practice Parameters Committee of the American College of Gastroenterology. Practice guidelines in acute pancreatitis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2006 Oct;101(10):2379-400.

Owyang C. Pancreatitis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 147.

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