Imaging of Acute Pancreatitis: Update of the Revised Atlanta Classification

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 429-445

  Bollen, Thomas L ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Classification; Pancreatic necrosis; Peripancreatic collections; Severity

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATLANTA CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MORPHOLOGY; NECROSECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PANCREAS SURGERY; PERIPANCREATIC NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; WALLED OFF NECROSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; PANCREAS; PANCREATITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860575163     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: 15578275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2012.03.015     Document Type: Review

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