Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica
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Acta Gastroenterol. Belg. · Jul 2019
EUS-guided tissue samples for the diagnosis of patients with a thickened gastric wall and prior negative endoscopic biopsies.
Evaluate the diagnostic yield of biopsies obtained by EUS guidance in patients with gastric wall thickening and prior negative endoscopic biopsies. ⋯ EUS-FNA/FNB is necessary in patients with a thickened gastric wall and prior negative biopsy on endoscopy. The procedure is safe and has a good diagnostic.
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Acta Gastroenterol. Belg. · Jul 2019
A comparison of the BISAP score and Amylase and BMI (CAB) score versus for predicting severe acute pancreatitis.
Early prediction of severe acute pancreatitis (SAP)would be helpful for triaging patients to the appropriate level of care and intervention. The aim of this study is to compare the performance of the Change in Amylase And Body mass index (CAB) score and BISAP score for predicting SAP. ⋯ BISAP is more accurate for predicting the severity of acute pancreatitis than the CAB score.