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Ranson Criteria

0-2 points:Mortality is 1%
3-4 points:Mortality is 16%
5-6 points:Mortality is 40%
7-11 points:Mortality almost 100%

References

  1. Ranson JH, Rifkind KM, Turner JW. Prognostic signs and nonoperative peritoneal lavage in acute pancreatitis. Surg Gyne Ob. 143:209, 1976
  2. Windsor JA. Search for prognostic markers for acute pancreatitis. Lancet 2000; 355:1924.
  3. Brunicardi FC, Andersen DK, Billiar TR. Chapter 32: Pancreas. In: Schwartz’s principles of surgery. 8th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2005.

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