TABLE 1.
Investigated item | Compliance level (%) | Population | |
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1 | Optimal timing for the index CE-CT assessment is 72–96 hours after the onset of symptoms | 6.1 | Patients with severe acute biliary pancreatitis |
2 | Routine prophylactic antibiotics are not recommended for all patients with acute biliary pancreatitis (patients on antibiotics) | 55.8 53.4 83.4 85.2 |
General cohort of patients with acute biliary pancreatitis Patients with mild acute biliary pancreatitis Patients with severe acute biliary pancreatitis Patients with infected pancreatic necrosis |
3 | Serum measurements of procalcitonin (PCT) may be valuable in predicting the risk of developing infected pancreatic necrosis |
30.8 29.6 |
Patients with severe acute biliary pancreatitis Patients with infected pancreatic necrosis |
4 | Early (within 24 hours) oral feeding as tolerated, rather than keeping the patient nil per os, is recommended in patients with acute biliary pancreatitis | 44.7 47.7 |
General cohort of patients with acute biliary pancreatitis Patients with mild acute biliary pancreatitis |
5 | EN is recommended to prevent gut failure and infectious complications in patients with acute biliary pancreatitis and inability to feed orally | 33.2 39.3 |
Patients with severe acute biliary pancreatitis Patients with infected pancreatic necrosis |
6 | TPN should be avoided (patients on TPN) | 36.2 34.4 |
Patients with severe acute biliary pancreatitis Patients with infected pancreatic necrosis |
7 | Early ERCP/ES should be performed in gallstone-induced acute biliary pancreatitis when complications of cholangitis and CBD obstruction occur | 46.0 60.1 56.7 |
Patients with cholangitis Patients with CBD obstruction Patients with cholangitis and CBD obstruction |
8 | In patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis, percutaneous or endoscopic drainage as the first-line treatment (step-up approach) delays the surgical treatment to a more favorable time or even results in complete resolution of infection in 25%–60% of patients, and it is recommended as the first line of treatment | 33.7 | Patients with acute necrotizing pancreatitis or infected pancreatic necrosis |
9 | Therapeutic intervention for infected pancreatic necrosis should be performed after 4 weeks of onset when the necrosis has been sufficiently walled off | 37.2 | Patients with infected pancreatic necrosis |
10 | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy during the index admission, rather than after discharge, is recommended in mild acute biliary pancreatitis | 29.0 | Patients with mild acute biliary pancreatitis |
Podda et al. Pancreatology. 2022;22(7):902-916.11
CBD indicates common bile duct; CE-CT, contrast enhanced CT scan; EN, enteral nutrition; ERCP/ES, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography/endoscopic sphincterotomy; PCT, procalcitonin; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.