Criteria for the diagnosis and severity stratification of acute pancreatitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 5798-5805

  Otsuki, Makoto ^a,b   Takeda, Kazunori ^c   Matsuno, Seiki ^d   Kihara, Yasuyuki ^b,e   Koizumi, Masaru ^f   Hirota, Masahiko ^g   Ito, Tetsuhide ^h   Kataoka, Kesho ⁱ   Kitagawa, Motoji ^j   Inui, Kazuo ^k   Takeyama, Yoshifumi ^l  

^a Kitasuma Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Towada Municipal Central Hospital   (Japan)

^e Kitakyushu General Hospital   (Japan)

^f Kurihara Central Hospital   (Japan)

^g Diabetes Care Center   (Japan)

^h KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ OTSU MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j NAGOYA UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Japan)

^k FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Case mortality; Prognostic factors; Scoring system; Severe acute pancreatitis; Severity score

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE PANCREAS ISOENZYME; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

CASE-MORTALITY; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEVERE ACUTE PANCREATITIS; SEVERITY SCORE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84885618167     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i35.5798     Document Type: Review

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