TY - JOUR T1 - Guidelines for treatment of acute pancreatitis JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 579 LP - 579 DO - 10.1136/gut.44.4.579-b VL - 44 IS - 4 AU - A ANDRIULLI AU - F PERRI AU - V ANNESE AU - G LEANDRO Y1 - 1999/04/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/44/4/579.4.abstract N2 - Editor,—The British Society of Gastroenterology should be congratulated for commissioning the guidelines on the management of acute pancreatitis (Gut1998;42(suppl 2):S1–13). However, in this document the clinically relevant issue of drug treatment of acute pancreatitis has not been reviewed in depth. Although we agree that current treatment of severe necrotising pancreatitis is unsatisfactory, we do not share the opinion that beyond resuscitation and support there is no agreed specific treatment. We would like remind members of the … ER -