A new prognostic scoring system for severe acute pancreatitis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1787-1788

  Miskovitz, Paul ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Prognosis; Scoring system; Severe acute pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34250823489     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000269369.43690.60     Document Type: Editorial

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