40 yo 🙎🏻♂️ w/ worsening signs of sepsis 14 days after initial dx of acute pancreatitis. CT A/P w/ gas in the area of pancreatic necrosis.
What do you do?
3/ Importance
🔸1/3 of pancreatic necrosis ➡️ infected (after ~10 days)
🔸Infection 🦠 ➡️ 20-30% mortality
🔸Management is usually step⬆️, see 👇
🔸But, the timing of catheter drainage is unclear