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The RAC defines three degrees of AP severity: mild, moderately severe, and severe (see Table 3.1). Stratification of AP severity plays an important part in clinical management, as it may aid in the identification of patients who require early aggressive treatment, who need to monitored in an intensive care setting, or who need to be transferred for specialist care.

Figure 3.4 CECT showing walled‐off necrosis (WON) more than four weeks after an episode of necrotizing pancreatitis. The heterogeneous collection has replaced most of the pancreatic parenchyma and has a thin, well‐defined, encapsulating wall (white arrows point to border of WON).

Source: courtesy of Peter A. Banks.