The clinical value of procalcitonin in early assessment of acute pancreatitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1593-1597

  Modrau, Ivy Susanne ^a   Floyd, Andrea Karen ^a   Thorlacius Ussing, Ole ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; APACHE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 22744440492     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.41456.x     Document Type: Article

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