Acute pancreatitis with peripheral fat necrosis overload. The latter can occur without oliguria,
and a urine output in the normal range cannot be relied on to detect impending water …

Acute pancreatitis is one of the most fulminating abdominal diseases with which we have to
deal. It is one that demands diagnostic acumen, and, with very few exceptions, surgery is the …

Nine patients who developed acute renal failure in the course of acute pancreatitis are
described. All patients developed acute renal failure in the absence of hypotension. Acute …

We describe five patients with acute pancreatitis in whom acute renal failure developed in
the absence of hypotension. Pancreatitis was diagnosed clinically, with mean serum and …

THE DIAGNOSIS of acute pancreatitis by ordinary clinical methods is notoriously difficult and
unsatisfactory. Evidence of this from the University of Rochester Hospitals was obtained …

Hemorrhage and Electrolyte Imbalance-Shock. The etiology of shock in severe pancreatitis
has been attributed to a variety of causes, and the irreversible form is often due to factors not …

A decrease in the effective circulating blood volume caused by loss of large amounts of
blood and plasma from the intravascular compartment is a major physiologic disturbance in …

Although dissenting opinions continue to be expressed, 1 the prevailing attitude today in the
management of acute pancreatitis is one of conservatism. 2 This paper is concerned with a …

It is the purpose of this paper to emphasize the not infrequent occurrence of acute renal
failure complicating acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis. Basic texts 1-6 and recent review …

The first step towards an essential modification of these views was made by Klebs, in 1870.8
He preferred to say nothing about inflammation of the pancreas, but described the various …