Effects of disease severity and necrosis on pancreatic dysfunction after acute pancreatitis

To evaluate the effects of disease severity and necrosis on organ dysfunctions in acute pancreatitis (AP).One hundred and nine patients treated as AP between March 2003 and September 2007 with at least 6 mo follow-up were included. Patients were classified according to severity of the disease, necrosis ratio and localization. Subjective clinical evaluation and fecal pancreatic elastase-I (FPE-I) were used for exocrine dysfunction evaluation, and...