[Therapy of acute pancreatitis]

Therapy in patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) is primarily conservative and follows the rules of generally accepted principles. A very important basis in the treatment of AP is the interdisciplinary approach to this disease which demands teamwork between clinicians, intensive care specialists and surgeons. Patients with a necrotising course should be hospitalised on the ICU and should receive maximum intensive care measures and antibiotics. Indications for surgical interventions in severe AP are infected pancreatic necrosis and non-response to intensive care therapy.