Korean J Pancreas Biliary Tract.  2021 Jul;26(3):168-175. 10.15279/kpba.2021.26.3.168.

Predicting the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea
  • 2Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju, Korea

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis has two mortality peaks, which occurs within the first 2 weeks due to organ failure and then weeks or months later as result of multi-organ failure and local complications. Although there have been several clinical and multidisciplinary evaluation measures, imaging tests, and serological tests proposed to forecast severe acute pancreatitis, there is still no single test available to reliably predict the disease severity and time of death. Future large-scale studies are required to develop an assessment scale that can accurately predict the prognosis and mortality risk of severe acute pancreatitis.

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급성 췌장염; 중증도; 다원적 평가 척도; Pancreatitis; Mortality; Indicators and reagents
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