Low Mortality and High Morbidity in Severe Acute Pancreatitis Without Organ Failure: A Case for Revising the Atlanta Classification to Include “Moderately Severe Acute Pancreatitis”

Abstract

Patients with SAP and NOF have prolonged hospitalizations but low mortality. The Atlanta classification should be revised to include a patient group defined as "moderately severe acute pancreatitis" that identifies those patients currently classified as SAP without OF.