Diagnosis, objective assessment of severity, and management of acute pancreatitis: Santorini consensus conference

International Journal of Pancreatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-210

  Dervenis, C ^a   Johnson, C D ^b   Bassi, C ^c   Bradley, E ^d   Imrie, C W ^e   McMahon, M J ^f   Modlin, I ^g  

^a AGIA OLGA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Divisione Chirurgia Generale C Borgo Roma Hospital   (Italy)

^d BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^f LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GABEXATE MESILATE; LEXIPAFANT; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PANCREATITIS; PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPHINCTEROTOMY, ENDOSCOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032770794     PISSN: 01694197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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