Procalcitonin is a predictive marker for severe acute pancreatitis

Ulusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisi

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-120

  Bülbüller, Nurullah ^a,b   Doǧru, Osman ^a,b   Ayten, Refik ^a,b   Akbulut, Handan ^a,b   Ilhan, Yavuz Selim ^a,b   Çetinkaya, Ziya ^a,b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

APACHE II; Pancreatitis blood diagnosis; Procalcitonin; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645682127     PISSN: 13006738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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