Hemoconcentration is a poor predictor of severity in acute pancreatitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 44, 2005, Pages 7018-7023

  Remes Troche, José M ^a   Duarte Rojo, Andrés ^a   Morales, Gustavo ^a   Robles Díaz, Guillermo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Hematocrit; Hemoconcentration; Necrosis; Severity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 31144443009     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i44.7018     Document Type: Article

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