Gastroenterology
Volume 132, Issue 5 , Pages 2022-2044, May 2007

AGA Institute Technical Review on Acute Pancreatitis

  • Chris E. Forsmark

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Chair, Clinical Practice and Economics Committee, AGA Institute National Office, c/o Membership Department, 4930 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland 20814. Fax: (301) 654-5920.
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  • John Baillie

      Affiliations

    • Gastroenterology Section, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Abbreviations used in this paper: APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, CECT, contrast-enhanced computed tomographic scan, CI, confidence interval, CT, computed tomography, ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, EUS, endoscopic ultrasonography, FNA, fine-needle aspiration, ICU, intensive care unit, MRCP, magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, MRI, magnetic resonance imaging, NPV, negative predictive value, OR, odds ratio, PPV, positive predictive value, SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, SOD, sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, TPN, total parenteral nutrition

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 This literature review and the recommendations therein were prepared for the AGA Institute Clinical Practice and Economics Committee. The paper was approved by the Committee on February 14, 2007, and by the AGA Institute Governing Board on March 15, 2007.

PII: S0016-5085(07)00591-4

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2007.03.065

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