Serum amyloid A versus C-reactive protein in acute pancreatitis: Clinical value of an alternative acute-phase reactant

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 736-742

  Rau, Bettina ^b   Steinbach, Gerald ^b   Baumgart, Katja ^b   Gansauge, Frank ^b   Grünert, Adolf ^b   Beger, Hans G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Acute phase reactant; C reactive protein; Clinical study; Clinical value; Edematous pancreatitis; Infected necrosis; Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; Necrotizing pancreatitis; Serum amyloid A protein; Severity assessment

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROSIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0011855540     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200003000-00022     Document Type: Article

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