Treatment of Acute Flares of Chronic Pancreatitis Pain with Ultrasound Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane Block: A Novel Application of a Pain Management Technique in the Acute Care Setting

Table 1

Summary of laboratory values and CT scan results in two patients treated with TAP blocks.

Case	Laboratory values (normal range)		CT scan of abdomen
	Lipase (28–100 U/L)	Amylase (13–60 U/L)	Results
1	48	65	(1) Enlarged pancreas; (2) Fat stranding adjacent to pancreas; (3) Fluid tracking along the retroperitoneum; (4) Acute Pancreatitis
2	20	54	(1) Fluid density lesion in tail
			(2) Pancreatic edema in body
			(3) Pancreatic pseudocyst