Assessment of the severity of acute pancreatitis: No room for complacency

Pancreatology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-109

  Windsor, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Assessment; Likelihood ratio; Severity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 43449116625     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000123604     Document Type: Article

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