Open AccessComparison of scoring systems in predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis
Author(s) -
Joon Hyun Cho,
Tae Nyeun Kim,
Hyun Hee Chung,
Kook Hyun Kim
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i8.2387
Subject(s) - acute pancreatitis , medicine , apache ii , pancreatitis , receiver operating characteristic , severity of illness , gastroenterology , scoring system , predictive value of tests , intensive care unit
To investigate the prognostic usefulness of several existing scoring systems in predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis (AP).