Computed tomography severity index, APACHE II score, and serum CRP concentration for predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 562-567

  Gürleyik, Günay ^a,b   Emir, Seyfi ^a   Kiliçoglu, Gamze ^a   Arman, Alper ^a   Saglam, Abdullah ^a  

^a HAYDARPASA NUMUNE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute phase reaction; Diagnostic imaging; Inflammation; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27944507965     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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