Journal
PANCREAS
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 398-402Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3181bd6821
Keywords
severe acute biliary pancreatitis; intensive care unit; endoscopic sphincterotomy; endoscopic nasobiliary drainage; fluoroscopy
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- National Ministry of Health [2-13.]
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Objective: The effect of early endoscopic intervention (EI; within 72 hours) remains a controversial subject. This prospective study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of early EI without fluoroscopy on severe acute biliary pancreatitis (SABP) in the intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: Fifty-three patients with SABP + ampullary obstruction in the ICU were divided randomly into 2 groups: conservative treatment in the ICU (CTI arm) and CTI + EI without the aid of fluoroscopy (CTI + EI arm). Decreased Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score was the major parameter to assess treatment efficacy. Results: Endoscopic treatments including sphincterotomy + stone removal (17 cases) and nasobiliary drainage (4 cases) were successfully performed in all 21 enrolled patients without the aid of fluoroscopy in the ICU. Compared with CTI, CTI + EI significantly resulted in decreased (3.86 +/- 2.08 vs 6.57 +/- 1.54) Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score at day 10, P < 0.05. No deaths were observed in the CTI + EI, whereas the CTI arm had 2 mortalities. Conclusions: Urgent EI without fluoroscopy is possible to be performed by endoscopists with the experience from high volume of procedures and is beneficial for the patients with SABP in the ICU or community hospital.
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