Acute pancreatitis in children: Spectrum of disease and predictors of severity

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1144-1149

  Lautz, Timothy B ^a   Chin, Anthony C ^a   Radhakrishnan, Jayant ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute; Adolescents; Children; Modified Glasgow; Pancreatitis; Pediatric; Ranson; Severity

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASPARAGINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CALCIUM; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; UREA; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADOLESCENT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INJURY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED GLASGOW; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PEDIATRIC ACUTE PANCREATITIS SEVERITY SCORING SYSTEM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANSON SCORING SYSTEM; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSPLANTATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PANCREATIC FUNCTION TESTS; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959308451     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.03.044     Document Type: Article

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