Classification of the severity of acute pancreatitis: how many categories make sense?Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Am J Gastroenterol 105:74-6. 2010
..The categorization of the severity of acute pancreatitis is one of the key elements of the classification. This paper aims to define the optimal number of categories and provide their definitions on sound clinical grounds...
- A randomized controlled trial of enteral versus parenteral feeding in patients with predicted severe acute pancreatitis shows a significant reduction in mortality and in infected pancreatic complications with total enteral nutrition
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Dig Surg 23:336-44; discussion 344-5. 2006
..The aim of study was to compare enteral vs. parenteral feeding for prevention of infectious complications in patients with predicted severe acute pancreatitis...
- Nasogastric tube feeding in predicted severe acute pancreatitis. A systematic review of the literature to determine safety and tolerance
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
JOP 9:440-8. 2008
..Nasogastric tube feeding is safe and well tolerated in most critically ill patients. However, its safety and tolerance in the setting of severe acute pancreatitis is debatable...
- A systematic review on the timing of artificial nutrition in acute pancreatitis
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Br J Nutr 101:787-93. 2009
..The magnitude of these benefits may depend on the timing of the commencement of nutrition...
- Systematic review: nutritional support in acute pancreatitis
M S Petrov
Department of Surgery, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Aliment Pharmacol Ther 28:704-12. 2008
..There has been controversy concerning the merits of enteral and parenteral nutrition compared with no supplementary nutrition in the management of patients with acute pancreatitis...
- Systematic review of endoscopic ultrasonography versus endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography for suspected choledocholithiasis
M S Petrov
Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Br J Surg 96:967-74. 2009
..The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review of all randomized controlled trials of EUS-guided ERCP versus ERCP alone in patients with suspected choledocholithiasis...
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of enteral nutrition formulations in acute pancreatitis
M S Petrov
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Br J Surg 96:1243-52. 2009
..The aim of the study was to compare the tolerance and safety of enteral nutrition formulations in patients with acute pancreatitis...
- Comparison of complications attributable to enteral and parenteral nutrition in predicted severe acute pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Br J Nutr 103:1287-95. 2010
..Further clinical studies should investigate the strategies to mitigate the complications of enteral tube feeding in patients with acute pancreatitis...
- Organ failure and infection of pancreatic necrosis as determinants of mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Gastroenterology 139:813-20. 2010
..We aimed to statistically aggregate the available data and determine the pooled influence of OF and IPN on mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis...
- Therapeutic implications of oxidative stress in acute and chronic pancreatitis
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckalnd 1142, New Zealand
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 13:562-8. 2010
..This review presents new evidence on the role of oxidative stress and antioxidant status in acute and chronic pancreatitis published in the last year...
- Does endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography reduce the risk of local pancreatic complications in acute pancreatitis? A systematic review and metaanalysis
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, PO Box 568, Nizhny Novgorod, 603000, Russia
Surg Endosc 22:2338-43. 2008
..This study sought to determine the effect of early ERCP versus conservative treatment on local pancreatic complications (defined by the current classification) experienced by patients with acute biliary pancreatitis...
- Advanced enteral therapy in acute pancreatitis: is there a room for immunonutrition? A meta-analysis
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, PO Box 568, Nizhny Novgorod 603000, Russia
Int J Surg 6:119-24. 2008
..The present systematic review aimed to define whether the addition of these substances to enteral nutrition provides any clinical benefit over standard enteral formulas in patients with acute pancreatitis...
- Infected pancreatic necrosis: not necessarily a late event in acute pancreatitis
Maxim S Petrov
Departmentof Surgery, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
World J Gastroenterol 17:3173-6. 2011
..To do otherwise, and in particular overlook early infected pancreatic necrosis, may lead to a misclassification error and fallacies of clinical studies in patients with acute pancreatitis...
- Early endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography versus conservative management in acute biliary pancreatitis without cholangitis: a meta-analysis of randomized trials
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Ann Surg 247:250-7. 2008
..We reviewed randomized trials on early ERCP versus conservative management in patients with ABP without acute cholangitis...
- Usefulness of infrared spectroscopy in diagnosis of acute pancreatitis
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
ANZ J Surg 77:347-51. 2007
..The lack of a gold standard for the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis remains a problem. Our aim was to evaluate whether infrared spectroscopy of serum can establish the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis...
- Influence of enteral versus parenteral nutrition on blood glucose control in acute pancreatitis: a systematic review
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, PO Box 568, Nizhny Novgorod, 603000 Russia
Clin Nutr 26:514-23. 2007
..Our aim was to review all randomized controlled trials on enteral versus parenteral nutrition in acute pancreatitis to determine whether the route of feeding can affect the glucose control in the setting of this disease...
- Early prediction of severity in acute pancreatitis using infrared spectroscopy of serum
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Pancreatology 7:451-8. 2007
..One of the main problems in the management of acute pancreatitis (AP) is the scarcity of accurate predictors of disease severity...
- ERCP in acute biliary pancreatitis: the moor has done his duty, the moor may go
Maxim S Petrov
Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Am J Gastroenterol 102:2859-60. 2007
- High quantity and variable quality of guidelines for acute pancreatitis: a systematic review
Benjamin P T Loveday
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
Am J Gastroenterol 105:1466-76. 2010
..Several clinical guidelines exist for acute pancreatitis, with varying recommendations. The aim of this study was to determine the quality of guidelines for acute pancreatitis...
- Oral refeeding after onset of acute pancreatitis: a review of literature
Maxim S Petrov
Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Am J Gastroenterol 102:2079-84; quiz 2085. 2007
..We aimed to determine the incidence and risk factors of pain relapse on the basis of reviewing all studies on oral refeeding in acute pancreatitis...
- Enteral nutrition: goody or good-for-nothing in acute pancreatitis?
Maxim S Petrov
Am J Gastroenterol 102:1828-9; author reply 1829-30. 2007
- Acute pancreatitis and pregnancy: a 10-year single center experience
Alejandro Hernandez
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 11:1623-7. 2007
..Acute pancreatitis in pregnancy is rare. We report our institutional therapeutic approaches to this disease and its effect on maternal and fetal outcomes...
- Influence of imaging on the negative appendectomy rate in pregnancy
Carmelita A Wallace
Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women s Hospital Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Gastrointest Surg 12:46-50. 2008
..05). Our data documents a very high negative appendectomy rate in the pregnant patient. We recommend an ultrasound followed by a CT scan in patients with a normal or inconclusive ultrasound...
- To feed or not to feed early in acute pancreatitis: still depend on severity?
Maxim S Petrov
Clin Nutr 27:317-8. 2008
- Meta-analyses on the prophylactic use of antibiotics in acute pancreatitis: many are called but few are chosen
Maxim S Petrov
Am J Gastroenterol 103:1837-8; author reply 1838-9. 2008
- ERCP in acute biliary pancreatitis: the moor has done his duty, the moor may go
Maxim S Petrov
Am J Gastroenterol 102:2859-60. 2007
