A useful mnemonic for severity stratification in acute pancreatitis

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-17

  Moore, E M ^a,b  

^a TORBAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pancreatitis; Severity stratification

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MEMORY; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033982136     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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