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Pancreatitis Criteria
0-2 points: | Mortality is 1.8% |
3-4 points: | Mortality is 11% |
5-6 points: | Mortality is 33% |
7-10 points: | Mortality almost 100% |
References
- Brunicardi FC, Andersen DK, Billiar TR. Chapter 32: Pancreas. In: Schwartz’s principles of surgery. 8th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2005.
- Windsor JA. Search for prognostic markers for acute pancreatitis. Lancet 2000; 355:1924.
- Ranson JH, Rifkind KM, Turner JW. Prognostic signs and nonoperative peritoneal lavage in acute pancreatitis. Surg Gyne Ob. 143:209, 1976.
- Ranson JH. Etiological and prognostic factors in human acute pancreatitis: a review. Am J Gastroenterol. 1982 Sep;77(9):633-8.
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