The Atlanta Classification of acute pancreatitis revisited

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-21

  Bollen, T L ^a   Van Santvoort, H C ^b   Besselink, M G ^b   Van Leeuwen, M S ^b   Horvath, K D ^c   Freeny, P C ^c   Gooszen, H G ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CONSENSUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; ACUTE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; NOMENCLATURE; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROSIS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38549093298     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6010     Document Type: Review

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