Prognostic value of acute fluid collections diagnosed by ultrasound in the early assessment of severity of acute pancreatitis

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 203-209

  Zerem, Enver ^a   Imamović, Goran ^b   Latić, Ferid ^c   Mavija, Zoran ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER TUZLA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUZLA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^c DR JOSIP BEN EVI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^d University Department of Neurology   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Acute fluid collections; Acute pancreatitis; Complications; Pancreas; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ASCITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREATITIS; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84875301713     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.21995     Document Type: Article

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