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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
- Ranson JH, Rifkind KM, Turner JW. Prognostic signs and nonoperative peritoneal lavage in acute pancreatitis. Surg Gyne Ob. 143:209, 1976
- Windsor JA. Search for prognostic markers for acute pancreatitis. Lancet 2000; 355:1924.
- 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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