Early prediction of acute pancreatitis: Prospective study comparing computed tomography scans, Ranson, Glasgow, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scores, and various serum markers

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 612-619

  Robert, John H ^a   Frossard, Jean Louis ^a   Mermillod, Bernadette ^a   Soravia, Claudio ^a   Mensi, Nouri ^a   Roth, Marc ^a   Rohner, Adrien ^a   Hadengue, Antoine ^a   Morel, Philippe ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMYLASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; ACUTE DISEASE; APACHE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLASES; APACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036561934     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-001-0278-y     Document Type: Article

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