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Early treatment with antibiotics reduces the need for surgery in acute necrotizing pancreatitis—a si...

Early treatment with antibiotics reduces the need for surgery in acute necrotizing pancreatitis—a si...

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Early treatment with antibiotics reduces the need for surgery in acute necrotizing pancreatitis—a single-center randomized study

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Early treatment with antibiotics reduces the need for surgery in acute necrotizing pancreatitis—a single-center randomized study

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United States: Elsevier Inc

Journal title

Journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2001-03, Vol.5 (2), p.113-119

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English

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United States: Elsevier Inc

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Pancreatic infection is the main indication for surgery and the principal determinant of prognosis in acute necrotizing pancreatitis. Previous studies on the effects of antibiotics have not, however, uniformly demonstrated any reduction in the need for surgery or any decrease in mortality among these patients, although the incidence of pancreatic i...

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Early treatment with antibiotics reduces the need for surgery in acute necrotizing pancreatitis—a single-center randomized study

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70931578

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70931578

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ISSN

1091-255X

E-ISSN

1873-4626

DOI

10.1016/S1091-255X(01)80021-4

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