Question 243 · LEK · Acute pancreatitis
In acute pancreatitis, the indications for initiating antibiotic therapy include:
1) any case of acute pancreatitis related to choledocholithiasis;
2) any case of alcohol-related acute pancreatitis;
3) confirmed presence of infected necrosis in the course of acute pancreatitis;
4) pancreatic pseudocysts as a complication in acute pancreatitis.
The correct answer is:
2) any case of alcohol-related acute pancreatitis;
3) confirmed presence of infected necrosis in the course of acute pancreatitis;
4) pancreatic pseudocysts as a complication in acute pancreatitis.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,3,4.
- B. 2,3,4.
- C. 2,4.
- D. 3 only.
- E. 4 only.
Hint
Current guidelines advise against prophylactic antibiotics in pancreatitis; consider when infection is actually proven.
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