title: [Diagnostic criteria for acute pancreatitis and evaluation of the severity].
abstract: A research group supported by grants from the Ministry of Health and Labor has recently proposed new diagnostic criteria of acute pancreatitis and scoring system to predict the severity of the disease. Comparisons with the present criteria and scoring system were described and their potential problems were briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naruse
mesh_terms: D018806:APACHE; D000208:Acute Disease; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012372:ROC Curve; D012015:Reference Standards; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers