Predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis: Is it time to concentrate on the hematocrit?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1960-1961

  Baron, Todd H ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034933203     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02492-3     Document Type: Note

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