A promising new scoring system has stratified mortality risk in a large group of patients with acute pancreatitis. This new model is more practical than APACHE II, but needs to be validated in patients in whom the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis can be verified from detailed clinical records.
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Our research is supported in part by the CD Smithers Foundation and Solvay Pharmaceuticals.
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Lowenfels, A., Maisonneuve, P. A new model to predict mortality in acute pancreatitis. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 6, 203–204 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2009.36
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