Acute necrotizing pancreatitis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 340, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1412-1417

  Baron, Todd H ^a,b,d   Morgan, Desiree E ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR ANTAGONIST;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALABSORPTION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PANCREAS DIVISUM; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEATORRHEA; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL;

EID: 0033529050     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199905063401807     Document Type: Review

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