da Cunha J E
Departamento de Gastroenterologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
Arq Gastroenterol. 1994 Apr-Jun;31(2):52-6.
Acute pancreatitis is a protean disease characterized by wide clinical variation and many pathological alterations. This variability in presentation and clinical course has plagued the study and management of the disease. The lack of accepted definitions for acute pancreatitis and its complications has led to difficulties in devising a clinical classification system useful for case management. An attempt in this direction was made by a diverse group of 40 international authorities from six medical disciplines and 15 countries, joining a Symposium in Atlanta, Ga, in September 1992. From this meeting resulted a clinically based classification system for acute pancreatitis valuable to practicing clinicians and to specialists seeking to compare inter institutional data.
急性胰腺炎是一种具有多种表现的疾病，其临床变化广泛，病理改变多样。这种临床表现和临床过程的变异性一直困扰着该疾病的研究和治疗。急性胰腺炎及其并发症缺乏公认的定义，这导致难以设计出一种对病例管理有用的临床分类系统。1992年9月，来自六个医学学科、15个国家的40位国际权威人士齐聚佐治亚州亚特兰大参加了一次研讨会，朝着这个方向进行了尝试。这次会议产生了一个基于临床的急性胰腺炎分类系统，对临床医生以及寻求比较机构间数据的专家都很有价值。
