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Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a serious disease with a frustrating mortality rate, but with a very good quality of life reported among survivors, that justifies an optimised allocation of therapy intensity. ⋯ In our Institution (a tertiary hospital) AP diagnosis is quickly made, local and systemic complications are clearly diagnosed and monitored, but at least 50% of patient waited for 2 days until ICU admission, representing those who die earlier.