Early prognostic evaluation of acute pancreatitis: An on-going challenge

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-111

  Kapoor, Karan ^a   Banks, Peter A ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Acute necrotizing; Early diagnosis; Pancreatitis; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84875022666     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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