title: Predictors of severity of acute pancreatitis.
abstract: This article summarizes the sensitivities, specificities, and predictive values of five types of predictors of severity of acute pancreatitis: the clinician's assessment, Ranson and modified Glasgow criteria, peritoneal tap, computed tomographic scan, and individual laboratory tests.
authors: Department of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
authors: W M
authors: WM
authors: Steinberg
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed