Epidural Anesthesia in Acute Pancreatitis
Epidural Anesthesia in Acute Pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis is a common urgency with a mortality rate of up to 30% , decreased blood
 flow in the pancreatic microcirculation. It seems to be the main cause of the pathophysiology
 of acute pancreatitis. Today, there have been many attempts in the management of pancreatitis
 but no established management seems to be ideal. The epidural block is an anesthetic
 technique used to provide highly peri and post-operative analgesia, also plays an important
 role in improving the gastrointestinal vascular perfusion (due to sympathetic blockade that
 this technique produces) so this anesthetic technique is proposed as an alternative to both
 clinical treatment as an analgesic for acute pancreatitis.
The main objective of the study is to evaluate the therapeutic effects of epidural block in
 patients with acute pancreatitis, comparing day hospital stay among patients receiving
 intravenous analgesic treatment and patients who are undergoing epidural block.

 It is a (prospective, comparative, longitudinal, experimental, randomized) controlled
 clinical trial. They include patients who are diagnosed with acute pancreatitis at the Naval
 General Hospital of High Specialty. Two groups were taken by random assignment.
Inclusion Criteria:

 1. Patients with acute pancreatitis

 2. Patients who agree to participate in the study

 Exclusion Criteria:

 1. Patients who do not agree to participate in the study

 2. Patients who experience any absolute contraindication to epidural block

 3. Patients with platelet counts below 80,000 mcl

 4. Patients with data gastrointestinal or urinary bleeding