Co-morbidity is a strong predictor of early death and multi-organ system failure among patients with acute pancreatitis

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 733-742

  Frey, Charles ^a   Zhou, Hong ^a   Harvey, Danielle ^a   White, Richard H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Division of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Multiple organ failure; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEOPLASM; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEOPLASMS; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250216055     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0164-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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