The Harmless Acute Pancreatitis Score: A Clinical Algorithm for Rapid Initial Stratification of Nonsevere Disease

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 702-705

  Lankisch, Paul Georg ^a   Weber Dany, Bettina ^a   Hebel, Kathrin ^a   Maisonneuve, Patrick ^b   Lowenfels, Albert B ^c  

^a Municipal Hospital of Lueneburg   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALGORITHMS; CREATININE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67349260741     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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