Acute pancreatitis: Radiologic scores in predicting severity and outcome

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-361

  Delrue, Louke J ^a   De Waele, Jan J ^a   Duyck, Philippe O ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; EPIC score; Radiological scoring systems; Severe acute pancreatitis; Severity prediction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; APACHE; CASE REPORT; NECROSIS; PANCREAS DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; APACHE; HUMANS; NECROSIS; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954143658     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-009-9522-y     Document Type: Review

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