Background Acute pancreatitis has a broad clinical spectrum, from mild illness to multiple
organ failure and death. Prognostic scores have been developed or adapted to predict …

AIM: To investigate the prognostic usefulness of several existing scoring systems in
predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis (AP). METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed …

Objective: In this review, we focus on studies that examined such prognostic indices in
relation to predicting a fatal outcome from pancreatitis. Summary Background Data: Acute …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the utility of selected scales to prognosticate the severity and risk
for death among patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) according to the revised Atlanta …

Predicting the course of an attack of acute pancreatitis still represents a challenge for the
physicians. Some early interventions such as endoscopic retrograde …

BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common disease that poses potential serious
problems. Its clinical course is often unpredictable. Identification of high risk patients enables …

Background Acute pancreatitis remains as one of the most difficult and challenging digestive
disorder to predict in terms of clinical course and outcome. Every case has an individual …

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare and validate the different classifications of
severity in acute pancreatitis (AP) and to investigate which characteristics of the disease are …

Background Acute pancreatitis has a variable natural history and in a proportion of patients
is associated with severe complications and a significant risk of death. The various tools …

Objective Early risk assessment is important in acute pancreatitis (AP). The primary objective
of this study was to compare various scores and biochemical markers done on the day of …