id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-016539-jwm0s8gm Mishra, Ajay Kumar Acute Pancreatitis 2016-02-22 .txt text/plain 1533 158 51 • Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial in the management of acute pancreatitis to prevent complications and to reduce morbidity and mortality. • Early diagnosis and treatment are crucial in the management of acute pancreatitis to prevent complications and to reduce morbidity and mortality. • Other life-threatening conditions which mimic acute pancreatitis should also be considered and ruled out simultaneously while managing the patient. • Phases of severe pancreatitis [ 14 , 15 ] : -Early -usually last for the fi rst week in which patient may present with systemic infl ammatory response syndrome (SIRS). • Most patients with severe pancreatitis present to emergency department during the early phase without any signs of organ failure and local complications, thus leading to errors in clinical management of this disease [ 16 ] . It is important to rule out other lifethreatening differential diagnosis of acute pancreatitis before shifting the patients from the emergency department. ./cache/cord-016539-jwm0s8gm.txt ./txt/cord-016539-jwm0s8gm.txt