Preface

Most patients suffering from acute pancreatitis will have a mild, self-limited, and uncomplicated course. However, local and systemic complications, ranging from mild to life-threatening, can occur. These include pancreatic and/or peripancreatic fluid collections, walled-off necrosis, infected pancreatic necrosis, and chronic disease. The accuracy of the predictors of severity actually employed and related therapeutic choices are still under debate, and clinical practice is often discordant with clinical practice guidelines. This book reviews the physiology and pathophysiology of pancreatic secretion, surgical and endoscopic management in acute and chronic settings, fluid resuscitation and anesthesiologic management, benefits and limitations of early enteral or parenteral nutritional interventions in patients with acute pancreatitis, nutritional recommendations in patients with chronic pancreatitis, and the radiologic features of acute and chronic disease.

The successful management of patients with pancreatitis requires a multidisciplinary team composed of gastroenterologists, surgeons, interventional radiologists, and specialists in critical care medicine and nutrition.

This book provides an overview of the multidisciplinary treatment of pancreatitis, both in its acute and chronic form.

### **Dr. Marco Massani**

Department of Surgery, Chief, First General Surgery Division, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Regional Referral Centre, Azienda ULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Ospedale Ca' Foncello, Treviso, Italy

### **Dr. Tommaso Stecca**

Department of Surgery, First General Surgery Division, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Regional Referral Centre, Azienda ULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Ospedale Ca' Foncello, Treviso, Italy

Section 1

Management

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Section 1
