A service review of the long-term nutritional complications after admission for severe acute pancreatitis

Acute pancreatitis is the most common acute gastrointestinal disease requiring hospitalisation. Severe Acute Pancreatitis (SAP), is defined by persistent organ failure beyond 48 hours or with local or regional complications1. Patients often experience weight loss, exocrine and endocrine insufficiency which may persist beyond hospital admission. Biochemical markers may become deranged secondary to pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI). Clinical guidelines in acute pancreatitis lack recommendations regarding long-term nutritional monitoring2.
Source: Clinical Nutrition ESPEN - Category: Nutrition Authors: Source Type: research