Pancreatic disease:protocols and clinical research

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Group Author: Johnson C. D.; (Colin David) 1952-; Imrie C. W.
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: New York London
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-118-7
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xi, 125 p.): ill.
ISBN: 9781848821187 (electronic bk.)
1848821182 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: R576
CLC: R576
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acute pancreatitis in intensive care -- Antibiotic prophylaxis in acute severe pancreatitis: should we have a further study? -- Designing an optimal study for the management of infected pancreatic necrosis -- Nutrition in acute pancreatitis -- An optimal randomized study for pain control in acute pancreatitis -- Endoscopic versus surgical drainage for chronic pancreatitis -- Duodenum-preserving pancreatic resection with pancreatic duct drainage: what is the role of supraduodenal biliary drainage? -- Pain management and nutritional support in nonresectable pancreatic cancer -- Endoscopic therapy in the palliation of nonresectable pancreatic cancer -- Pancreatic endocrine tumors -- The role of the systemic inflammatory response in predicting outcome in patients with pancreatic cancer -- Botulinum toxin and the sphincter of oddi -- The European Study Group for Pancreatic Cancer (ESPAC) trials.
Contains the conclusions of a meeting from March 2007, of about 25 experts in pancreatology working together in small groups and plenary sessions to define the state of knowledge in specific areas, and to develop ideal protocols and research questions for future investigation.