Acute pancreatitis: Value and impact of CT severity index

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-20

  Alhajeri, Abdulnasser ^a   Erwin, Sven ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; APACHE II; CTSI; Imrie; Ranson; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; APACHE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; APACHE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37549055407     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-007-9315-0     Document Type: Article

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