Necrotizing pancreatitis resulting in abdominal compartment syndrome: a case report from a remote northern hospital and literature review.

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      The article describes the case of a 39-year-old woman who presented to a remote northern hospital emergency department and diagnosed with necrotizing pancreatitis with abdominal compartment syndrome. Topics mentioned include the patient's progressive abdominal distension during the second morning of the hospital stay, the classic symptom of pancreatitis, and the use of the Ranson criteria to predict death in patients with acute pancreatitis.