Sara Sofia De Lucia, Marcello Candelli, Giorgia Polito, Rossella Maresca, Teresa Mezza, Tommaso Schepis, Antonio Pellegrino, Lorenzo Zileri Dal Verme, Alberto Nicoletti, Francesco Franceschi, Antonio Gasbarrini, Enrico Celestino Nista
The nutritional management of acute pancreatitis (AP) patients has widely changed over time. The "pancreatic rest" was the cornerstone of the old paradigm, and nutritional support was not even included in AP management. Traditional management of AP was based on intestinal rest, with or without complete parenteral feeding. Recently, evidence-based data underlined the superiority of early oral or enteral feeding with significantly decreased multiple-organ failure, systemic infections, surgery need, and mortality rate...
April 18, 2023: Nutrients