Thirty-nine patients with SAP ( 22 men , 17 women ; the middle age was 49 years ) were randomly allocated into control group ( 20 patients treated with non-surgical integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine ) and treatment group ( 19 patients treated with somatostatin administered intravenously at a dosage of 250 mug/h for consecutive 72 hours as well as the treatment for the control group ) .
