Objective To Observe the clinical effects of applying ICU monitoring in treating acute pancreatitis (AP). Methods From Jan. 2004 to Dec. 2005, 27 AP patients who were treated with ICU monitoring (ICU group) were compared to 101 AP patients treated before the establishment of ICU {non - ICU group }. The associated factors such as sexes, ages, curative effects, cases of operation and time for normalization of clinical index were given a statistic analysis respectively. Results The ICU group showed better curative effects and less cases of ope...