Acute pancreatitis treated with and without addition of insulin.

During a five-year period 365 cases of acute pancreatitis were treated one or several times. 165 subjects were treated on 222 occasions without insulin included in the therapeutic arsenal and 258 subjects were treated on 408 occasions with insulin included in the therapy. The insulin treated group had a significantly lower mortality rate (7.9 and 1.9% respectively). No other systematic factors of importance for the difference were found.