Open AccessUse of Modified Balthazar Grades for the Early Prediction of Acute Pancreatitis Severity in the Emergency Department
Author(s) -
Tao Cheng,
Han TY,
Liu BF,
Peng Pan,
Quirino Lai,
Yu H,
Yong Cao
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s350383
Subject(s) - medicine , concordance , emergency department , receiver operating characteristic , acute pancreatitis , cohen's kappa , kappa , apache ii , area under the curve , statistics , intensive care unit , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics
To develop a new approach based on Balthazar grades of acute pancreatitis (AP) and to assess this modified method as a tool for the early prediction of AP severity in the emergency department (ED).