Acute pancreatitis is a problem that we see often on surgery services and in the emergency room.

After understanding the pathophysiology of pancreatitis and how it is diagnosed it's critical to understand how we treat it.

After recognition and diagnosis the most important steps of treatment include intravenous fluid resuscitation, pain control and deciding on the need for admission for intensive care unit monitoring.

We're going to talk about how a patient with acute pancreatitis is monitored, the importance of nutrition and when antibiotics are necessary in the treatment plan.

I'm also going to take you through infected pancreatic necrosis and how we can approach treatment for gallstones pancreatitis, specifically...when does the gallbladder come out?


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Check out these AMAZING time stamps:

Start 00:00
When to admit to the ICU? 02:07
IV Fluids Resuscitation for Acute Pancreatitis 03:17
Pain control in Acute Pancreatitis 09:55
Monitoring a Patient with Acute Pancreatitis 11:11
Nutrition in Acute Pancreatitis 12:11
When do we need antibiotics for Acute Pancreatitis? 15:52
Infected Pancreatic Necrosis 17:30
Treating Gallstone Pancreatitis 21:06


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I'm Dr. Erik Pearson, FACS and I am a board certified pediatric surgeon living in Las Vegas. I make surgical education videos on all topics in general surgery as well as talks on lifestyle design as a surgeon, book reviews, and studying effectively. I also write a weekly newsletter called the Saturday Six where I identify Six different discoveries of the week. You can get the weekly newsletter by signing up to the CITIZENSURGEON Community!

DISCLAIMER
While my aim is to help educate you for the ward, the surgical ICU, the operating room and your exams remember these videos are not a replacement for your reading, your medical school and residency preparation and most important your own decision making. If you have medical questions definitely consult a medical professional. Good luck and enjoy!

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