A 45 year old man admitted with severe gallstone
pancreatitis. He is anuric and is tubed and filtered on the ITU. His CT on day
3 shows stranding around his pancreatic head and gallstones in his gallbladder.
His CBD measures 8mm. He has a rim of free fluid around his pancreatic body.
His CRP is 450, WCC 20, BR 184 and he is pyrexial.
A 57 year old lady is in ITU with gallstone pancreatitis.
Her CRP on day 6 was 450 and now on day 8 is down to 240. Her WCC remains
elevated but has also reduced (from 39 to 17). She is off inotropes. Her LFTs are normal. Repeat CT
on day 8 shows a 6X6 fluid collection adjacent to her pancreatic head.