Comparing the Outcome in Patients of Acute Pancreatitis, With and Without Prophylactic Antibiotics

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2013-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The use of prophylactic antibiotics is beneficial in reducing the extrapancreatic infections and shorter hospital stay in patients of acute pancreatitis as compared to controls.

• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Meropenem

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients between 18 to 70 years of age with diagnosis of acute pancreatitis both mild and sever necrotizing pancreatitis.

• Patients who present within 48 hours of onset of symptoms.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who present after 48 hours of onset of symptoms.

• Patients already taking antibiotics.

• Patients who are immune compromised

• Patients with debilitating illness i.e. tuberculosis, chronic liver disease.

• Patients with trauma, and multiple visceral injuries

• Patients with diagnosed malignancy