Prediction of Severity in Acute Pancreatitis: Prospective Comparison of Three Prognostic Indices

Clinical profile, degree of severity and underlying factors of acute pancreatitis among a group of Bangladeshi patients

“…Similar observation has also been reported by other investigators [9,10,11]. As reported by others [12], upper abdominal pain (100%) and vomiting (87.5%) were the most common clinical features.…”

Correlation between ranson score and red cell distribution width (RDW) in acute pancreatitis

“…Recent studies have reported that elevated hematocrit level on admission or within first 24 hours is satisfactory single prognostic variable when compared with Ranson criteria and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II system for predicting severity of AP. [11,12,14,15] Creatinine and blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels are easily measured, and they are routine, inexpensive tests that serve as indicator of acute renal failure. In one study, sensitivity and specificity of BUN elevation to predict severity of AP were determined to be 79% and 70%, respectively.…”

Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Adverse outcomes of Acute Pancreatitis

“…The other scoring systems (Ranson criteria, APACHE score, Glasgow and Imrie scores) [11,12,13,14,15] use combined clinical and laboratory variables. However, there is no universally adopted scoring system in clinical practice, due to their low sensitivity and the complexity of the needed calculations [5,16].…”