Infected necrotising pancreatitis: antibiotic administration remains the first step

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¹ Intensive Care Unit, Anesthesia and Critical Care Department, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes 35033, France. Electronic address: nicolas.nesseler@chu-rennes.fr.
² Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ Intensive Care Unit, Anesthesia and Critical Care Department, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes 35033, France.

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Nicolas Nesseler et al. Lancet. 2018.

. 2018 Jun 23;391(10139):2501-2502.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31182-6.

¹ Intensive Care Unit, Anesthesia and Critical Care Department, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes 35033, France. Electronic address: nicolas.nesseler@chu-rennes.fr.
² Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ Intensive Care Unit, Anesthesia and Critical Care Department, Pontchaillou University Hospital, Rennes 35033, France.

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Endoscopic or surgical step-up approach for infected necrotising pancreatitis: a multicentre randomised trial.
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