Abstract Background: The Harmless Acute Pancreatitis Score (HAPS) is a scoring algorithm
to identify patients with nonsevere acute pancreatitis. The aim of this study was to evaluate …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Only severe acute pancreatitis requires treatment, according to the
principles of intensive care medicine in an intensive care or intermediate care unit. The aim …

Objective: To determine the predictability of harmless acute pancreatitis score (HAPS) in
determining the severity of acute pancreatitis (AP) and compare it with Ranson's score …

Background Several severity predictors have been tested for assessing acute pancreatitis
(AP). The recently described harmless acute pancreatitis score (HAPS) could be an ideal …

Objectives Timely identification of patients with acute pancreatitis who are likely to have a
severe disease course is critical. Based on that, many scoring systems have been …

Objectives The identification of patients at risk of developing a severe form of acute
pancreatitis is a major issue. The goal of this study was to identify parameters at admission …

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of harmless acute pancreatitis score (HAPS) on admission
for predicting mild acute pancreatitis (MAP). Methods We prospectively collected the data …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common abdominal disorder,
which requires early diagnosis and treatment. Several prognostic scoring systems …

Background Recent international multidisciplinary consultation proposed the use of local
(sterile or infected pancreatic necrosis) and/or systemic determinants (organ failure) in the …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: It is important to identify patients with acute pancreatitis who are at
risk for developing persistent organ failure early in the course of disease. Several scoring …