The APACHE II score is unreliable to diagnose necrotizing pancreatitis on admission to hospital

Pancreas

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-222

  Lankisch, Paul Georg ^a   Warnecke, Bettina ^a   Bruns, Dirk ^a   Werner, Hans Martin ^a   Großmann, Franziska ^a   Struckmann, Karl ^a   Brinkmann, Gisbert ^a   Maisonneuve, Patrick ^a   Lowenfels, Albert B ^a  

^a Municipal Hospital of Lueneburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

APACHE II scope; Contrast enhanced computed tomography; Interstitial pancreatitis; Necrotizing pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

APACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036208448     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-200204000-00002     Document Type: Article

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