Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- dor na parte superior do abdome
- náuseas e vômitos
- sinais de hipovolemia
- sinais de derrame pleural
- anorexia
- presença de fatores de risco
Other diagnostic factors
- sinais de disfunção orgânica
- dispneia
- icterícia
- sinal de Chvostek
- hematomas equimóticos e descoloração (sinal de Cullen/Grey-Turner/Fox) (raro)
Risk factors
- mulheres de meia-idade
- homens jovens e de meia-idade
- cálculos biliares
- bebidas alcoólicas
- hipertrigliceridemia
- uso de medicamentos causadores
- colangiopancreatografia retrógrada endoscópica (CPRE)
- trauma
- hipercalcemia
- parotidite
- vírus Coxsackie
- Pneumonia por micoplasma
- lúpus eritematoso sistêmico
- Síndrome de Sjögren
- pancreas divisum
- câncer de pâncreas
- disfunção no esfíncter de Oddi
- história familiar de pancreatite
Diagnostic tests
1st tests to order
- lipase e amilase séricas
- hemograma completo e diferencial
- proteína C-reativa
- ureia/creatinina
- oximetria de pulso
- TFHs
- radiografia torácica
- ultrassonografia transabdominal
- cálcio sérico
Tests to consider
- triglicerídeos séricos
- TC abdominal (tomografia computadorizada helicoidal com contraste)
- ultrassonografia endoscópica (USE)
- colangiopancreatografia por ressonância magnética (CPRM)
- gasometria arterial
Emerging tests
- tripsinogênio-2 urinário
- IL-6 e IL-8 séricos
Treatment algorithm
todos os pacientes
deteriorando ou não melhorando após 5-7 dias
Contributors
Expert advisers
Alexander Alexiou, MBBS, BSc, DCH, FRCEM, Dip IMC RCSEd
Emergency Medicine Consultant
Barts Health NHS Trust
Physician Response Unit Consultant
London’s Air Ambulance
Royal London Hospital
UK
Disclosures
AA declares that he has no competing interests.
Acknowledgements
BMJ Best Practice would like to gratefully acknowledge the previous expert contributors, whose work has been retained in parts of the content:
Nicholas J. Zyromski, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Indiana University
Indianapolis
IN
Johann Grundlingh, MBChB, FCEM, FFICM, EDICM, DFMS, DipMedTox, MMedTox, MSB, ERT, MEWI, MBA
Emergency Medicine Consultant
Royal London Hospital
Barts Health NHS Trust
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Queen Mary University
London
UK
Disclosures
JG declares that he has no competing interests. NJZ is an author of a reference cited in this topic.
Peer reviewers
Sven van Dijk, MD
Department of Surgery
Amsterdam UMC
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Department of Surgery
St Antonius Hospital
Nieuwegein
The Netherlands
Disclosures
SvD declares that he has no competing interests.
Marc G Besselink, MD, PhD, MSc
Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgeon
Department of Surgery
Amsterdam UMC
University of Amsterdam
Principal Investigator
Dutch Pancreatitis Study Group
Academic Medical Center
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Disclosures
None declared
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
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Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
References
Key articles
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Pancreatitis. December 2020 [internet publication].Full text
Tenner S, Baillie J, DeWitt J, et al. American College of Gastroenterology guideline: management of acute pancreatitis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2013 Sep;108(9):1400-15. Abstract
Leppäniemi A, Tolonen M, Tarasconi A, et al. 2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis. World J Emerg Surg. 2019 Jun 13;14:27.Full text Abstract
Working Group IAP/APA Acute Pancreatitis Guidelines. IAP/APA evidence-based guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis. Pancreatology. 2013 Jul-Aug;13(4 suppl 2):e1-15. Abstract
Crockett SD, Wani S, Gardner TB, et al. American Gastroenterological Association Institute guideline on initial management of acute pancreatitis. Gastroenterology. 2018 Mar;154(4):1096-101. Abstract
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