High serum creatinine in acute pancreatitis: A marker for pancreatic necrosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1196-1200

  Lankisch, Paul Georg ^a   Weber Dany, Bettina ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CREATININE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951977047     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.688     Document Type: Article

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