Severe acute pancreatitis in the elderly: Etiology and clinical characteristics

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2517-2521

  Xin, Ming Jun ^a   Chen, Hong ^a   Luo, Bin ^a   Sun, Jia Bang ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Complication; Elderly; Etiology; Mortality; Severe acute pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC PANCREATITIS; APACHE; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CHOLELITHIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 47849092483     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.2517     Document Type: Article

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