Ascites, Pleural, and Pericardial Effusions in Acute Pancreatitis: A Prospective Study of Incidence, Natural History, and Prognostic Role

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 848-852

  Maringhini, Alberto ^a,b   Ciambra, Maddalena ^a   Patti, Rosalia ^a   Randazzo, Maria Angela ^a   Dardanoni, Gabriella ^a   Mancuso, Luigi ^a   Termini, Anna ^a   Pagliaro, Luigi ^a  

^a VILLA SOFIA CERVELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Divisione di Medicina d'Urgenza   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Ascites; Pericardial effusion; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOCYST;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029933420     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02091521     Document Type: Article

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