A modified CT severity index for evaluating acute pancreatitis: Improved correlation with patient outcome

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1261-1265

  Mortele, Koenraad J ^a   Wiesner, Walter ^a   Intriere, Lisa ^a   Shankar, Shridhar ^a   Zou, Kelly H ^a,b   Kalantari, Babek N ^a   Perez, Alex ^a   VanSonnenberg, Eric ^a   Ros, Pablo R ^a   Banks, Peter A ^a   Silverman, Stuart G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RANK SUM TEST; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16544377713     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.5.1831261     Document Type: Article

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