Caso clínico : intervención nutricional en paciente con pancreatitis aguda.

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis is defined as one of the first causes of hospitalization and with a significant morbidity and mortality described more than 120 years ago, it is inflammation of the pancreas that can present with different symptoms from acute abdominal pain in conjunction with signs of a simple emetic to a failure of different organs that can lead to death. In the present work, the case of a 35-year-old female patient who does not refer to personal pathological history is presented. At the time of performing the biochemical tests, there is an increase in the values of the pancreatic enzyme’s amylase and lipase and the CRP (C Reactive Protein) that gives us the diagnosis of Acute Pancreatitis, he is admitted for presenting a clinical picture 48 hours of evolution characterized by an increase non-quantified thermal temperature accompanied by severe clinical-type abdominal pain in the epigastrium, postprandial nausea and vomiting on 3 occasions. To avoid early malnutrition in the patient, she will be operated on with parenteral nutritional support through a central line.