The modified early warning score (MEWS): An instant physiological prognostic indicator of poor outcome in acute pancreatitis

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 569-576

  Suppiah, Aravind ^a   Malde, Deep ^a   Arab, Tameem ^a   Hamed, Mazin ^a   Allgar, Victoria ^b   Morris Stiff, Gareth ^a   Smith, Andrew ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nomograms; Pancreatitis; Predictive value of tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913586677     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: 15908577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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