Home Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of AP based on 2 out of 3 findings: characteristic abdominal pain, amylase and/or lipase levels ≥3 times the upper limit of normal, and/or abdominal imaging demonstrating changes of acute pancreatitis * Presentation within 48 hours of symptom onset * Imrie's scores of ≤5 and HAP score ≤2 within 24 hours of presentation to the hospital * Lack of hemoconcentration (hematocrit ≥44%) on presentation since hemoconcentration has been shown to be a risk factor for pancreatic necrosis. Exclusion Criteria: * The presence of organ failure by the Atlanta criteria on the first day of presentation * The presence of clinical signs and/or symptoms of sepsis * Alcoholic acute pancreatitis * A history of abdominal imaging demonstrating a dilated pancreatic duct and/or pancreatic calcifications * Coagulopathy (international normalized ratio \>1, and/or platelet count \<50,000/mm3 * Comorbidities requiring hospitalization regardless of the presence of AP e.g. acute myocardial infarction, malignancy, cirrhosis, chronic kidney disease, and chronic pulmonary disease)