[Fulminant acute pancreatitis. Are there objective criteria of the disease?].

A retrospective analysis has been made of the results of the diagnosis and treatment of 71 patients having severe pancreatitis. As a result, factors were revealed which restrict the possibilities of conservative treatment associated with pessimistic prognosis of the disease. Among them there are pancretitis-specific organic abnormalities (pulmonary, cardio-vascular, renal dysfunctions), diffused pancreonecrosis and infection of destructive zones.