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Comparison of Different Scoring Systems in Predicting the Severity of Acute Pancreatitis: A Prospective Observational Study by N. R. Venkatesh; Chellappa Vijayakumar; Gopal Balasubramaniyan; Sakthivel Chinnakkulam Kandhasamy; Sudharsanan Sundaramurthi; Sreenath G. S.; Krishnamachari Srinivasan is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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Background Acute pancreatitis (AP) is an inflammatory condition of the pancreas mostly due to alcohol or gallstones. Various scoring systems were involved in identifying the severity of the disease. The standard single score to identifying the severity remains uncertain. Methodology This prospective observational study was carried out for two years in a tertiary care center from South India. The diagnosis of AP was made based on Atlanta criteria, and a total of 164 patients were included. All patients were assessed by acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ll (APACHE II), bedside index for severity in AP (BISAP), modified Glasgow score (MGS), and Ranson score on admission and 48 hours after admission scores. Procalcitonin was done in all patients with AP. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen was done in 69 patients who had features of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), and diagnostic accuracy were calculated for each score, and procalcitonin for CT documented severe patients and organ failure patients together. Results A total of 164 patients were included in this
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- Author
- N. R. Venkatesh; Chellappa Vijayakumar; Gopal Balasubramaniyan; Sakthivel Chinnakkulam Kandhasamy; Sudharsanan Sundaramurthi; Sreenath G. S.; Krishnamachari Srinivasan
- Publisher
- Cureus, Inc.
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)