Changes

'''Transfusion''': Plasma or whole blood can be given with severe disease to replace α-macroglobulins. Albumin also provides oncotic support and limits pancreatic ischaemia and oedema.  

'''Transfusion''': Plasma or whole blood can be given with severe disease to replace α-macroglobulins. Albumin also provides oncotic support and limits pancreatic ischaemia and oedema.  

'''Corticosteroids''':

'''Corticosteroids''':for short term use in fulminating pancreatitis to be given alongside fluids. Long term treatment may lead to unwanted complications.

'''Somatostatin and dopamine''':

'''Dopamine''': helps reduce feline pancreatitis at doses of 5µg/kg/min i.v.

'''Secretion prevention''':

'''Secretion prevention''': Has been found to have limited clinical use but high intravenous doses of secretin has been beneficial in rat models of pancreatitis.

'''Enzyme inhibitors''':

'''Enzyme inhibitors''': are at the experimental stage.

'''Peritoneal dialysis''':

'''Peritoneal dialysis''': May be of value in removing toxic material in certain cases, especially if pancreatitis has been diagnosed by exploratory laparotomy.

'''Diet changes''':

'''Diet changes''':