A comparative evaluation of radiologic and clinical scoring systems in the early prediction of severity in acute pancreatitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 612-619

  Bollen, Thomas L ^a,b   Singh, Vikesh K ^a,c   Maurer, Rie ^a   Repas, Kathryn ^a   Van Es, Hendrik W ^b   Banks, Peter A ^a   Mortele, Koenraad J ^a,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BALTHAZAR GRADE; BEDSIDE INDEX FOR SEVERITY IN ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY SEVERITY INDEX; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRAPANCREATIC INFLAMMATION ON COMPUTED ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY SCORE; EXTRAPANCREATIC SCORE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC EDEMA AND PERITONEAL FLUID SCORE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PANCREATIC SIZE INDEX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859609561     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.438     Document Type: Article

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