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Acute pancreatitis (AP) is among the most common gastrointestinal causes of hospital admission in the United States, with nearly 250 000 hospitalizations annually at a cost of US$2.6 billion [1]. The incidence of AP is increasing and despite advancement in medical therapies the overall mortality continues to be under 2% [1–3]. Currently, there are no pharmacological therapies existing to treat acute pancreatitis. This chapter focuses on early management of AP in the emergency room within the first few hours of presentation. This includes prompt accurate diagnosis, evaluation for possible etiology, and role of prophylactic antibiotics, urgent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), nutrition and fluid resuscitation, all very critical for patient outcomes.