Guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis

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S15-S39 Guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis J TOOULI, J TOOULI Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia,Search for more papers by this authorM BROOKE-SMITH, M BROOKE-SMITH Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia,Search for more papers by this authorC BASSI, C BASSI Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy,Search for more papers by this authorD CARR-LOCKE, D CARR-LOCKE Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts, USA,Search for more papers by this authorJ TELFORD, J TELFORD Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts, USA,Search for more papers by this authorP FREENY, P FREENY University of Washington, Washington, USA,Search for more papers by this authorC IMRIE, C IMRIE Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK andSearch for more papers by this authorR TANDON, R TANDON All India Institnte of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaSearch for more papers by this author J TOOULI, J TOOULI Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia,Search for more papers by this authorM BROOKE-SMITH, M BROOKE-SMITH Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia,Search for more papers by this authorC BASSI, C BASSI Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy,Search for more papers by this authorD CARR-LOCKE, D CARR-LOCKE Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts, USA,Search for more papers by this authorJ TELFORD, J TELFORD Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts, USA,Search for more papers by this authorP FREENY, P FREENY University of Washington, Washington, USA,Search for more papers by this authorC IMRIE, C IMRIE Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK andSearch for more papers by this authorR TANDON, R TANDON All India Institnte of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 08 May 2002 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1746.17.s1.2.xCitations: 270 J. 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