GI - Pancreatitis
- Interventions for necrotising pancreatitis.
- Gurusamy KS, Belgaumkar AP, Haswell A, Pereira SP, Davidson BR.
- Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Apr 16;4:CD011383.
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Rationale for inclusion: 8 RCT were included, none of which were considered high quality by the authors. The suggestion was that minimally invasive procedures with step-up to more invasive ones (e.g. drains followed by sinus tract endoscopic necrosectomy) were probably safer than open necrosectomy. We await the TENSION trial from the Netherlands.
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- Revised Atlanta and determinant-based classification: application in a prospective cohort of acute pancreatitis patients.
- Nawaz H, Mounzer R, Yadav D, Yabes JG, Slivka A, Whitcomb DC, Papachristou GI.
- Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Dec;108(12):1911-7.
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Rationale for inclusion: This is a comparison of the Atlanta 1992, Atlanta 2012, and determinant-based (PANCREA) classification groups in a prospective cohort. Not surprisingly, DBC and Atlanta 2012 outperformed Atlanta 1992.
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- American College of Gastroenterology guideline: management of acute pancreatitis.
- Tenner S, Baillie J, DeWitt J, Vege SS; American College of Gastroenterology.
- Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Sep;108(9):1400-15; 1416.
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Rationale for inclusion: Good general overview, covering resuscitation, imaging, post-ERCP care, timing and appropriateness of interventions on fluid collections.
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- IAP/APA evidence-based guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis.
- Working Group IAP/APA Acute Pancreatitis Guidelines
- Pancreatology. 2013 Jul-Aug;13(4 Suppl 2):e1-15.
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Rationale for inclusion: 38 recommendations (most 'strong' per GRADE) on 12 topics - diagnostics/prognostics, imaging, fluids, ICU management, prevention of infection, nutritional support, biliary tract management, indications/timing/strategies for intervention, timing of cholecyestecomy.
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- Determinant-based classification of acute pancreatitis severity: an international multidisciplinary consultation.
- Dellinger EP, Forsmark CE, Layer P, Lévy P, Maraví-Poma E, Petrov MS, Shimosegawa T, Siriwardena AK, Uomo G, Whitcomb DC, Windsor JA; Pancreatitis Across Nations Clinical Research and Education Alliance (PANCREA).
- Ann Surg. 2012 Dec;256(6):875-80.
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Rationale for inclusion: This is the PANCREA group's determinant-based classification (or DBC in some references) for acute pancreatitis. Classification (mild, moderate, severe, and critical) is based on the presence or absence of infected pancreatic necrosis and organ failure.
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- Haemodynamic optimisation improves tissue microvascular flow and oxygenation after major surgery: a randomised controlled trial.
- Jhanji S, Vivian-Smith A, Lucena-Amaro S, Watson D, Hinds CJ, Pearse RM.
- Crit Care. 2010;14(4):R151.
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- Percutaneous necrosectomy and sinus tract endoscopy in the management of infected pancreatic necrosis: an initial experience.
- Carter CR, McKay CJ, Imrie CW.
- Ann Surg. 2000 Aug;232(2):175-80.
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Rationale for inclusion: First documentation of sinus tract endoscopy for pancreatic necrosectomy.
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- Cystogastrotomy entirely performed under endosonography guidance for pancreatic pseudocyst: results in six patients.
- Giovannini M, Bernardini D, Seitz JF.
- Gastrointest Endosc. 1998 Aug;48(2):200-3.
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Rationale for inclusion: Very early paper (6 patients) with EUS-guided cyst gastrostomy.
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- A clinically based classification system for acute pancreatitis. Summary of the International Symposium on Acute Pancreatitis, Atlanta, Ga, September 11 through 13, 1992.
- Bradley EL.
- Arch Surg. 1993 May;128(5):586-90.
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Rationale for inclusion: This is the original paper describing the Atlanta classification for acute pancreatitis.
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- The timing of surgical treatment of pancreatic pseudocysts.
- Shatney CH, Lillehei RC.
- Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1981 Jun;152(6):809-12.
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Rationale for inclusion: This is the first article in PubMed that I could find addressing surgical care of pseudocysts. Optimal timing of surgery was recommended at 4 weeks out.
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- "Marsupialization" in the treatment of pancreatic abscess.
- Davidson ED, Bradley EL.
- Surgery. 1981 Feb;89(2):252-6.
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Rationale for inclusion: This is the first description of "marsupialization" - open necrosectomy with open packing and repeated staged debridements of the necrotic pancreas.
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- Endoscopic pancreatography in management of relapsing acute pancreatitis.
- Cotton PB, Beales JS.
- Br Med J. 1974 Mar 30;1(5908):608-11.
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Rationale for inclusion: two very early articles from this team on the utility of ERCP in pancreatitis.
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- Proceedings: Endoscopy and retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the management of patients with relapsing pancreatitis.
- Cotton PB, Beales JS.
- Gut. 1973 Oct;14(10):828.
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Rationale for inclusion: two very early articles from this team on the utility of ERCP in pancreatitis.
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