Does the duration of abdominal pain prior to admission influence the severity of acute pancreatitis?

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-175

  Kapoor, Karan ^a   Repas, Kathryn ^b   Singh, Vikesh K ^b,c   Conwell, Darwin L ^b   Mortele, Koenraad J ^b   Wu, Bechien U ^b,d   Banks, Peter A ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Early diagnosis; Pancreatitis radiography; Severity of illness index; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PREVALENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COHORT STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875043557     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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