Open AccessAccuracy and Predictability of PANC3 Scoring System over APACHE II in Acute Pancreatitis: A Prospective Study
Author(s) -
Surag Kajoor Rathnakar,
Vikram Hubbanageri Vishnu,
Shridhar Muniyappa,
Arun Prasath
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/23168.9375
Subject(s) - acute pancreatitis , apache ii , medicine , predictive value , pancreatitis , predictability , prospective cohort study , severity of illness , predictive value of tests , scoring system , gastroenterology , intensive care unit , mathematics , statistics
Acute Pancreatitis (AP) is one of the common conditions encountered in the emergency room. The course of the disease ranges from mild form to severe acute form. Most of these episodes are mild and spontaneously subsiding within 3 to 5 days. In contrast, Severe Acute Pancreatitis (SAP) occurring in around 15-20% of all cases, mortality can range between 10 to 85% across various centres and countries. In such a situation we need an indicator which can predict the outcome of an attack, as severe or mild, as early as possible and such an indicator should be sensitive and specific enough to trust upon. PANC-3 scoring is such a scoring system in predicting the outcome of an attack of AP.