Inflammatory markers of disease severity in acute pancreatitis

GI Papachristou, DC Whitcomb - Clinics in laboratory …, 2005 - labmed.theclinics.com
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common acute inflammatory process of the pancreas that affects
approximately 80,000 individuals in the United States annually [1]. The clinical course of AP …

Predictors of severity and necrosis in acute pancreatitis

GI Papachristou, DC Whitcomb - Gastroenterology Clinics, 2004 - gastro.theclinics.com
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common acute inflammatory process of the pancreas that affects
approximately 80,000 individuals in the United States annually [1]. The clinical course of AP …

Pathophysiological mechanisms of acute pancreatitis define inflammatory markers of clinical prognosis

GA Minkov, KS Halacheva, YP Yovtchev… - Pancreas, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Development of acute pancreatitis illustrates the need to understand the basic
mechanisms of disease progression to drive the exploration of therapeutic options …

Inflammatory response in the early prediction of severity in human acute pancreatitis.

JA Viedma, M Perez-Mateo, J Agullo, JE Domínguez… - Gut, 1994 - gut.bmj.com
The role of the inflammatory response in acute pancreatitis and its relation with the clinical
course was examined. This study examined if the serial measurement of polymorphonuclear …

The inflammatory cascade in acute pancreatitis: relevance to clinical disease

M Elfar, LW Gaber, O Sabek, CP Fischer… - Surgical Clinics of North …, 2007 - Elsevier
Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory condition that is initiated by the intra pancreatic
activation of proteases. Pancreatic enzyme activation triggers a local and systemic …

The clinical course of acute pancreatitis and the inflammatory mediators that drive it

L Kylänpää, Z Rakonczay Jr… - International journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common emergency condition. In the majority of cases, it
presents in a mild and self‐limited form. However, about 20% of patients develop severe …

Clinical value of severity markers in acute pancreatitis

M Lempinen, P Puolakkainen… - … journal of surgery, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Acute pancreatitis is a common digestive disease of which the severity may vary from mild,
edematous to severe, necrotizing disease. An improved outcome in the severe form of the …

Time frames for analysis of inflammatory mediators in acute pancreatitis: improving admission triage

A Duarte-Rojo, J Suazo-Barahona… - Digestive diseases and …, 2009 - Springer
Improving the outcome of acute pancreatitis through prognostic markers has been a matter
of ample research. We evaluate the clinical usefulness of four serum markers in comparison …

Biochemical staging of acute pancreatitis

M Büchler, W Uhl, P Malfertheiner - Acute Pancreatitis: Research and …, 1987 - Springer
4.2.1 Biochemical Staging of Acute Pancreatitis Page 1 4.2.1 Biochemical Staging of Acute
Pancreatitis M. BOCHLER\ W. UHLt, and P. MALFERTHEINER2 Introduction In about 90% of …

Role of biomarkers in diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of acute pancreatitis

S Meher, TS Mishra, PK Sasmal, S Rath… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Acute pancreatitis is a potentially life threatening disease. The spectrum of severity of the
illness ranges from mild self‐limiting disease to a highly fatal severe necrotizing pancreatitis …