Chapter 18. Understanding of Acute Pancreatitis from Animal Experiments

  1. Hans G. Beger MD, FACS(Hon) Founding Editor Emeritus Professor of Surgery1,
  2. Andrew L. Warshaw MD Surgeon-in-Chief Chairman2,3,
  3. Markus W. Büchler MD Chairman Head Professor of Surgery4,
  4. Richard A. Kozarek MD Director5,
  5. Markus M. Lerch MD, FRCP Professor Chair6,
  6. John P. Neoptolemos MA, MB, BChir, MD, FRCS, FMedSci Head Professor of Surgery7,8,9,
  7. Keiko Shiratori MD Chair Professor10,
  8. David C. Whitcomb MD, PhD Professor of Medicine Chief11,
  9. Bettina M. Rau MD Coordinating Editor Associate Professor of Surgery12
  1. Thomas Foitzik MD Associate Professor of Surgery

Published Online: 4 FEB 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9781444300123.ch18

Book Title

The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery, Second Edition

The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery, Second Edition

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How to Cite

Foitzik, T. (2009) Understanding of Acute Pancreatitis from Animal Experiments, in The Pancreas: An Integrated Textbook of Basic Science, Medicine, and Surgery, Second Edition (eds H. G. Beger, A. L. Warshaw, M. W. Büchler, R. A. Kozarek, M. M. Lerch, J. P. Neoptolemos, K. Shiratori, D. C. Whitcomb and B. M. Rau), Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444300123.ch18

Editor Information

  1. 1

    c/o Universitätsklinikum Ulm, University of Ulm, Germany

  2. 2

    Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

  3. 3

    W. Gerald Austen Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

  4. 4

    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany

  5. 5

    Digestive Disease Institute, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

  6. 6

    Department of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, Germany

  7. 7

    The Owen and Ellen Evans Chair of Cancer Studies, University of Liverpool, UK

  8. 8

    Division of Surgery and Oncology, University of Liverpool, UK

  9. 9

    School of Cancer Studies, University of Liverpool, UK

  10. 10

    Department of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

  11. 11

    Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

  12. 12

    Department of General, Thoracic, Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany

Author Information

  1. Department of General, Thoracic, Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 4 FEB 2009
  2. Published Print: 11 APR 2008

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405146647

Online ISBN: 9781444300123

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Keywords:

  • animal experiments and understanding acute pancreatitis;
  • reticuloendothelial system (RES);
  • Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and MODS;
  • multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS);
  • trypsinogen activation peptide (TAP);
  • colocalization theory and trypsinogen activation site;
  • disease severity;
  • secondary complications

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Etiology

  • Initial events

  • Systemic response

  • Secondary complications

  • Disease severity

  • Therapy

  • Concluding comments

  • References

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