Practice and yield of early CT scan in acute pancreatitis: A dutch observational multicenter study

Pancreatology

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 222-228

  Spanier, B W M ^a   Nio, Y ^a   Van Der Hulst, R W M ^b   Tuynman, H A R E ^c   Dijkgraaf, M G W ^a   Bruno, M J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Infection and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Balthazar CT score; Computed tomography; CT scan, timing; Early CT; Imaging; Necrotizing pancreatitis; Severe pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952297658     PISSN: 14243903     EISSN: 14243911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000243731     Document Type: Article

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