title: [Prognosis of acute pancreatitis by PANC 3 score].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute pancreatitis is a disease of great importance in clinical practice, defined as an inflammatory process of the pancreas that may involve local tissues or affect other organs in a systemic manner, requiring, in such cases, an intensive care.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the simplified stratification system of the PANC 3 score, correlating it with the Ranson score, for the prognostic definition of cases of acute pancreatitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Was conducted a prospective, observational study in which were evaluated 65 patients who were diagnosed with acute pancreatitis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PANC 3 showed sensitivity, 31.25%; specificity,100%; positive predictive value, 100%; negative predictive value, 81.66% and accuracy, 83.07%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PANC 3 criteria are applicable to define the severity and the prognosis of acute pancreatitis, and are not a substitute method, but rather a method to be associated with the Ranson criteria, mainly due to its high accuracy, positive predictive value and specificity.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirurgia Geral do Hospital Regional Dr. Homero de Miranda Gomes, São José, SC, Brasil. jamesfukuda@hotmail.com
authors.forename: James Ken
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Orli
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Franzon
authors.forename: Fernando de Oliveira
authors.initials: Fde O
authors.lastname: Resende-Filho
authors.forename: Nicolau Fernandes
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Kruel
authors.forename: Thiago Alessandro
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Ferri
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D055815:Young Adult