Influence of baseline hematocrit on traditional calculations of hemoconcentration to predict severity in acute pancreatitis

Pancreas

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-210

  Gardner, Timothy B ^a   Robertson, Douglas J ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b White River Junction VA Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; GALLSTONE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROSIS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROSIS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45549098498     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MPA.0000311838.56268.88     Document Type: Letter

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