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When should we start oral intake in children with severe acute pancreatitis?
1 Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Perú. Servicio de Pediatría - Hospital de Emergencias Pediátricas
2 Unidad de Post Grado. Facultad de Medicina Humana Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Perú
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Last year 2 children recovering from acute severe pancreatitis were transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU) to our care in the paediatric ward.
Patient 1 was a 9-year old girl diagnosed with acute severe pancreatitis (Imrie score = 5, computed tomography [CT] abdomen staging = Balthazar E which included pancreatic necrosis).1-2 She received antibiotics (ceftriaxone, metronidazole), analgesics (pethidine, fentanyl), anti-acid therapy (ranitidine), and nasojejunal feeding. She had been in hospital for 25 days (16 in ICU), and had received nasojejunal tube feeding for 20 days.
Patient 2 was a 9-year old boy again with acute severe pancreatitis (Imrie score = 4, CT abdomen staging = Balthazar E). In the Emergencias Pediátricas Hospital he was admitted to the ICU, where he received antibiotic therapy (ciprofloxacin, metronidazole), analgesics (pethidine), anti-acid therapy (ranitidine), and nasojejunal feeding. He had been in hospital for 9 days (7 days in ICU) and had been
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