Practice guidelines in acute pancreatitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2379-2400

  Banks, Peter A ^a   Freeman, Martin L ^b   Fass, Ronnie ^c   Baroni, Darren S ^c   Mutlu, Ece A ^c   Bernstein, David E ^c   Parkman, Henry P ^c   Bharucha, Adil E ^c   Prather, Charlene ^c   Brugge, William R ^c   Pratt, Daniel S ^c   Chang, Lin ^c   Roach, Albert C ^c   Chey, William ^c   Sampliner, Richard E ^c   Cohen, Matthew E ^c   Sridhar, Subbaramiah ^c   Cunningham, John T ^c   Vakil, Nimish ^c   Edmundowicz, Steven A ^c   Valdovinos, Miguel A ^c   Inadomi, John M ^c   Wong, Benjamin C Y ^c   Koch, Timothy R ^c   Zfass, Alvin M ^c   more..

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NARCOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPHINCTEROTOMY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33749170457     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00856.x     Document Type: Review

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