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Review
. 2022 Jun 11;58(6):787.
doi: 10.3390/medicina58060787.

Predicting Severity of Acute Pancreatitis

Dong Wook Lee  1 , Chang Min Cho  1
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Review

Predicting Severity of Acute Pancreatitis

Dong Wook Lee et al. Medicina (Kaunas). .

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis has a diverse etiology and natural history, and some patients have severe complications with a high risk of mortality. The prediction of the severity of acute pancreatitis should be achieved by a careful ongoing clinical assessment coupled with the use of a multiple-factor scoring system and imaging studies. Over the past 40 years, various scoring systems have been suggested to predict the severity of acute pancreatitis. However, there is no definite and ideal scoring system with a high sensitivity and specificity. The interest in new biological markers and predictive models for identifying severe acute pancreatitis testifies to the continued clinical importance of early severity prediction. Although contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) is considered the gold standard for diagnosing pancreatic necrosis, early scanning for the prediction of severity is limited because the full extent of pancreatic necrosis may not develop within the first 48 h of presentation. This article provides an overview of the available scoring systems and biochemical markers for predicting severe acute pancreatitis, with a focus on their characteristics and limitations.

Keywords: acute pancreatitis; predicting factors; severity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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