Computed tomography severity index is a predictor of outcomes for severe pancreatitis

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 352-355

  Simchuk, Erik J ^a   Traverso, L William ^a   Nukui, Yuji ^a   Kozarek, Richard A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PANCREAS RESECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034656892     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(00)00375-5     Document Type: Article

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