Prediction of mortality in acute pancreatitis: A systematic review of the published evidence

Pancreatology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 601-614

  Gravante, G ^a   Garcea, G ^a   Ong, S L ^a   Metcalfe, M S ^a   Berry, D P ^a   Lloyd, D M ^a   Dennison, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Indexes; Morbidity; Mortality; Prognostic factors; Scores; Severity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; AMYLOID A PROTEIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ELASTASE; ENDOTOXIN; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GRANULOCYTE ENZYME; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 6; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PROCALCITONIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APACHE; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 68049113333     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000212097     Document Type: Review

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