A Scoring System for Early Differentiation of the Etiology of Acute Pancreatitis
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
- Vol. 33 (2), 209-211
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00365529850166969
Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to find a new scoring system for early differentiation between the two commonest etiologies of acute pancreatitis (biliary and alcoholic), because biliary pancreatitis can be treated early by endoscopic sphincterotomy, whereas such treatment is unnecessary in alcoholics. MethodsKeywords
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