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Published in: Critical Care 5/2003

01-10-2003 | Review

Pro/con clinical debate: Antibiotics are important in the management of patients with pancreatitis with evidence of pancreatic necrosis

Authors: Graham Ramsay, Paul Breedveld, Lorne H Blackbourne, Stephen M Cohn

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 5/2003

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Abstract

Pancreatitis is not an infrequent diagnosis in patients admitted to the intensive care unit. Prolonged stays, intense resource utilization and high morbidity/mortality are commonplace in such patients. Management for the most part is supportive, with the surgical team keeping close watch to intervene as the need arises. Over the past few decades there has been considerable debate regarding the usefulness of systemic antibiotics to prevent infectious complications in patients with evidence of pancreatic necrosis. In the present article of Critical Care, two expert groups debate the two sides of this contentious antibiotic issue.
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Metadata
Title
Pro/con clinical debate: Antibiotics are important in the management of patients with pancreatitis with evidence of pancreatic necrosis
Authors
Graham Ramsay
Paul Breedveld
Lorne H Blackbourne
Stephen M Cohn
Publication date
01-10-2003
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 5/2003
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2165

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