Caso clínico : soporte nutricional en pancreatitis aguda.

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, it is the inflammation of the pancreas. The diagnosis must be confirmed with the biochemical examinations of pancreatic enzymes and the imaging study itself, which may be abdominal ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging. Case report of a 22-year-old female patient hospitalized for acute alcoholic pancreatitis complicated by a cholecystectomy, treated at the Luis Vernaza Hospital located in the city of Guayaquil. The patient receives parenteral nutrition, the nutritional treatment referred to is easily digestible foods, low fat diet, adequate protein intake and increase in calories. It is suggested to make six small meals. This work shows the importance of the therapeutic approach from the nutritional point of view through the guides of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition of the Spanish Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism.