This pancreatits primer presents in a concise and easy to understand manner the most important aspects of acute and chronic pancreatits. Diagrams are explained with the help of short texts, thus giving the busy practitioner an up-to-date overview on the course of pancreatitis and the necessary steps for diagnosis and therapy. This primer of pancreatitis succinctly and clearly summarizes the most important aspects of acute and chronic pancreatitis. Summary diagrams accompanied by brief explanatory notes illustrate the essentials "at a glance" and provide the busy doctor with an up-to-date survey of the course of the disease and the essential steps in the diagnosis and therapy of pancreatitis.