Hepatob Pancreat Dis
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Hepatob Pancreat Dis · Jun 2014
Validation of the moderate severity category of acute pancreatitis defined by determinant-based classification.
Recent international multidisciplinary consultation proposed the use of local (sterile or infected pancreatic necrosis) and/or systemic determinants (organ failure) in the stratification of acute pancreatitis. The present study was to validate the moderate severity category by international multidisciplinary consultation definitions. ⋯ Our data suggest that the definition of moderate acute pancreatitis, as suggested by the international multidisciplinary consultation as sterile (peri-) pancreatic necrosis and/or transient organ failure, is an accurate category of acute pancreatitis.