METHOD FOR CLINICAL OUTCOME ASSESSMENT IN SEVERE AND MODERATE ACUTE PANCREATITIS WITH PREDOMINANT PANCREATIC HEAD AND ISTHMUS INVOLVEMENT Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G01N33/48 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method for the clinical outcome assessment in severe and moderate acute pancreatitis with predominant pancreatic head and isthmus involvement consists in computed tomography angiography of the abdominal organs with bolus contrast enhancement, including: pancreatic involvement volume, %; necrosis depth in a sagittal plane, %; inflammatory infiltrate of the peripancreatic mass; fluid collection in the peripancreatic mass; biliary hypertension signs; free fluid in the abdominal cavity; a complete blood count is measured to determine a neutrophil response; a biochemical blood assay and a urine analysis are used to determine blood amylase, total bilirubin; each sign is certainly scored; if total score is 9 and more, an unfavourable clinical outcome of acute pancreatitis with the predominant pactreatic head and isthmus involvement is considered to be likely.

EFFECT: higher assessment accuracy.

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