Early hemoconcentration is associated with pancreatic necrosis only among transferred patients

Pancreas

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 572-576

  Wu, Bechien U ^a   Conwell, Darwin L ^a   Singh, Vikesh K ^a   Repas, Kathryn ^a   Maurer, Rie ^a   Bollen, Thomas L ^a   Mortele, Koenraad J ^a   Banks, Peter A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute pancreatitis; confounding; hemoconcentration; hospital transfer; necrosis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77954117940     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3181ccc9d2     Document Type: Article

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