Research in Progress: Mitigating the Inflammatory Response in Acute Pancreatitis with Appropriate Fluid Management; A Randomized Clinical Control Trial Comparing the Effects of Lactated Ringers and Normal Saline

Purpose: Acute pancreatitis (AP) has become an increasingly common diagnosis in children over the last two decades with an incidence reaching as high as 13 per 100,000 children per year. The mainstay of management is bowel rest with significant fluid support to mitigate the effect of inflammatory cytokines on the pancreas and other organs. However, much of the AP guidelines for management are extrapolated from the adult literature. This project seeks to examine the question of ideal fluid choice for …