Acute pancreatitis or acute pancreatic necrosis is a sudden inflammation of the pancreas. It can have severe complications and high mortality despite treatment.
The needles themselves are categorized by length as well as the needle's gauge, indicating the overall thickness of the needle. Contrary to most measurement systems, the higher the needle's gauge, the smaller it actually is. Insulin syringes, for example, are found in three common sizes: 1 cc, 1/2 cc, and 3/10 cc. The correct size syringe to use is determined by the average size of the dose of insulin that the patient administers. An insulin syringe also can be categorized by how many units of insulin it is designed to hold.
Drugs administrated SubQ will usually be injected using an insulin syringe (also known as a 'slin pin'). The insulin syringe holds a maximum of 1ml, and has small increments for when dealing with small volumes of medicine. The increments go up in 10's, all the way up to 100, which is one ml. So, '50' on the barrel is half a ml, and '100' on the barrel is one ml.